Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

, etc.) or have been created specifically for thecourse by the instructor or other subject matter experts. Further, live virtual guestspeakers are periodically incorporated. The use of open and/or custom created resourcesis an obvious economic benefit to students, but also allows the instructor to easilycustomize and update the course. Each week, students engage with print and/or videocontent through the learning management system and submit a variety of graded works.Weekly assignments vary by module, but a typical module may include a quiz, groupdiscussion and self-reflection assignment. Additional detail of module content andstructure will be presented in the next section.The updated course continues to cover core topics, with additional

Conference Session

Programs and Pedagogies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Elizandro, Tennessee Technological University; Angelo A. Volpe, Tennessee Technological University; David H. Huddleston, Tennessee Technological University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

AbstractBroadly stated, accountability for a regional university is value created versus cost.Value reflects social and economic needs of the community, state, and region. Cost ofcreating value is cost of implementation strategies to achieve institutional goals. The state’shigher education coordinating board, a university board, and faculty senate are proxiesfor engaging community, state, and regional stakeholders in institutional accountability.Complex endogenous and exogenous challenges require an effective means for allocatingresources within the organization, monitoring effectiveness of institutional strategies, and, asnecessary, adapting strategies to ensure institutional accountability.This paper examines these issues and recommends an

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

incorporated the following instructional strategies for the course.  Information providing: Lectures and a course website that provides course materials. Lectures are kept to a minimum, as the student is expected to review the research articles, PowerPoint slides lecture notes, and book material prior to the class session.  Inquiry-oriented reflection-based active learning exercises: Discussions questions are used throughout the class session to discuss the topics covered. The students work in pairs or teams to discuss the material and reflection questions, and then present their ideas to the class.  Cooperative: The students create their own course module consisting of review of a research article

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

public community college. Theprimary mission of community colleges has not changed greatly, but there has been refinementthrough the years to serve the changing population and economy (Cohen et al., 2014; Hoffman etal., 2010). Community colleges are more agile and responsive to market demands on a locallevel, which can be seen by evaluating the technical degree landscape.Community college students are reflective of the region in which the college is located due tomost community colleges being commuter campuses. Further, a greater number of minority andlower socioeconomic students (SES) attend community colleges (Costello, 2012; Horn & Nevill,2006). Carnevale and Strohl (2010) report that bottom quartile SES outnumber top quartile SESby