Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University; Christine Mattley, Ohio University

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AC 2011-788: SATISFACTION OF FEMALE FACULTY AT TWO-YEARSCHOOLSDavid A. Koonce, Ohio UniversityCynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University Cynthia Anderson is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio Uni- versity. In addition to research on community college faculty, Dr. Anderson has published research on inequality, labor markets, rural communities, and gender.Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University Valerie Martin Conley is director of the Center for Higher Education, associate professor, and coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Ohio University. She is the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brooke Charae Coley, University of Virginia; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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.    There  is  an  explicit  goal  to  increase  the  number  of  students  graduating,  transferring  or  earning  a  workforce  credential  by  more  than  90,0009.    The  accomplishment  of  such  goals  will  result  in  greater  applicant  pools  and  students  interested  in  transferring  to  the  university,  which  will  ultimately  need  to  be  accommodated  at  the  university  level.    According  to  a  2005-­‐06  VCCS  report,  38%  of  students  who  graduated  from  VCCS  in  a  STEM  field  continued  in  a  STEM  field  at  a  4-­‐year  institution.    Additionally,  of  students  earning  an  associate’s  degree  from  VCCS  and  transferring  to  a  4-­‐year  institution,  75%  completed  a  bachelor’s  degree9.    Although

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline College; Tessa Alice Olmstead, Highline College; Judy Mannard PE, Highline Community College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

to the activity, Aluminum Careers diversity of engineering careers available for Aluminum Foil Foil Boats. them to explore and the processes associated Boats with earning an engineering degree. 4 Learning Styles Introduce and discuss different student Building Activity: Introduce students to the activity, Straw learning styles, emphasizing the importance Straw Towers Towers. of customizing one's learning according to personal preferences 5 Industry Guest An invited guest speaker from industry, Ethics Complete the

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

engineering faculty in developing a Tablet-PC-enhanced model of instruction, as well as developing and implementing onlineengineering courses. The project also involves a partnership among Californiacommunity colleges to design and implement a Joint Engineering Program (JEP) that isdelivered online.The ONE-STEP project accomplished an important first step toward wideningengineering education access, increasing the number of California community collegesthat now offer online engineering courses. As a result, the number of community collegeengineering students who are able to take these courses and be prepared for upper-division courses upon transfer has increased. However, courses requiring laboratorycomponents are currently not offered online in any

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Two Year College Division

internship programs, while four research groups wereformed for the 2013 internship program with each group consisting of one full-time intern andthree to four half-time interns. Each group is mentored by a half-time graduate student under thesupervision of a university faculty.3.1 Demographics of Program ParticipantsSelection of interns is done through an online application process that takes into considerationstudent GPA, intended major, STEM courses completed (minimum requirement is completion offirst semester physics class), extracurricular activities, statement of academic and professionalgoals, statement of research interest, and a recommendation letter from a STEM instructor. Table 2summarizes the demographics of the community college students

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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Two Year College Division

interviewed.Obtaining Knowledge about the Transfer Process through OrientationMost students recognized that the transfer process involved several discrete decisions andrequired access to information often not readily accessible through their own personal efforts. Inparticular, orientation programs and academic advising were an important source of informationabout the transfer process and about succeeding at the receiving institution. Students describedparticipating in several types of orientation: at the university level, college level and departmental Page 23.524.5level. Others participated in orientation activities both at the sending institution and the

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shealy, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions: Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysStudents who attend two or more institutions during their post-secondary educational careers, ortransfer students, make up just over one-third of all American students.1 Additionally, 25% ofstudents who transfer will do so more than once.1 Reasons for transfer vary widely, but usuallyinclude academic, financial, or institutional factors.2 Moreover, reasons for transferring may bedifferent from reasons for discontinuing coursework until a later date (stopping-out), as thosewho stop-out normally identify more personal reasons for leaving an institution compared to theacademic

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

students is another theme that emerged in this study. Many opportunities forstudents to connect and immerse in different activities are made available by the faculty and staffinvolved in NW-ETEP. Students are provided with written assignments that allow them to reflecton their interests and goals. Students are also presented with hands on activities and field tripsand conferences to further expand their knowledge of Engineering. Additionally, speed datingsessions are organized so the students can engage in conversations about academic careers aswell and careers in business and industry. Students are also encouraged to form study groups inorder to stay connected and engaged in academic activities.Students are engaged through the exploration of

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

in sharing their logical thought processes as well as beingquestioned about them.Intentional community building in PREP begins on Day 1 of the intensive when students,TAs and faculty are randomly paired, interview each other and then introduce their partnerto the group. The same short bios are later posted to a members-only website that supportsthe cohort, next to a photo of that person. During the first week other ice-breaker andteam-building activities continue to be implemented so that students bond and feelknown. Having this sense of ease among the group is important, as the academic tasks theyare given can be daunting. Students are divided into four different small groups over thetwo weeks so that they have worked closely with nearly

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Two Year College Division

graduation rate is lowest for Latinos at 78%and African Americans at 83% compared to 96% for Asians and 94% for Whites.5 Located inSilicon Valley, Cañada College is a member of the California Community College System, and isone of three colleges in the San Mateo County Community College District. It is one of only twofederally-designated Hispanic Serving Institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Collegeopened in 1968, and is located in Redwood City, California. During the 2011-2012 academic year,the College enrolled 10,965 students. The student body is multi-cultural with Hispanic students asthe largest single group at 35.5%; white students comprise 32.6%, Asians 8.1%,African-Americans 3.9%, Filipinos 3.6%, Pacific Islanders 1.7%, American

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

opportunities to explore the world with my hands – doing and makingthings. That opportunity shaped who I am as a person and opened to me many avenues ofendeavor in the STEM fields. Even though there is much more advanced technology availabletoday, today’s students do not seem to have as many chances to tinker with and touch it andexperience what earlier generations where able to in the technology arenas of the day. Pointingand clicking just doesn’t do it! Hopefully this particular pendulum of popular culture, the“maker” culture, embodied by the Internet of Things concept, is swinging back towards an erawhen the abstraction of STEM concepts by a young person’s mind starts with making and doingthings with readily available, inexpensive technology and of

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

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Two Year College Division

college.Each of the community colleges have developed articulation agreements withregional high schools in the technical field areas. As part of the PowerUP!project, teams of faculty and high school educators will examine thesearticulations to determine if they truly meet the transitionary needs of thestudents. This year, data will be gathered to evaluate the enrollment, retentionand recruitment of students into these programs. In Massachusetts studentsmust take the Accuplacer placement test before enrolling in mathematics orEnglish courses. In Massachusetts the community colleges had over 50% of thestudent body enrolling in two or more remedial classes. There is an obviousdisconnect between the expectations to graduate from high school and the

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Karam-Zanders, Louisiana State University; Dina Acklin, Louisiana State University; Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Page 26.289.5own self-efficacy in an engineering program. Table 2. Level of agreement with statements regarding self-efficacy in an engineeringdepartment based on the two groups of students. The range of responses were 1 – 5 where higher numbers indicate greater agreement. Existing, Anticipating, n=27 n=31 All faculty members treat me with fairness and respect* 4.1 4.6 I feel that I am an equal participant in group work 4.0 4.3 I am comfortable approaching instructors for help outside of class

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

schoolseniors for engineering since their numbers in this area have been down somewhat in the last fewyears. Each of the ten non-metropolitan CCs in the state of Arizona, spread throughout the stategeographically, was contacted about their interest in a partnership to encourage more students tostudy engineering and computer science. A couple of the colleges are more technology andtechnician inclined, with no real basis for an engineering major. Other schools are interested, butlack the faculty, staff, and interest to support such an effort at this time. A fundamental step informing a collaboration is to identify the right person at each CC who supports the collaborationand has the authority to make the decision to participate or has access to the

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

presentations. The research activities took place at the TAMUK roboticslaboratory and one Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty member and his studentassistant, an EECS senior level undergraduate student with extensive hardware as well assoftware expertise, provided close daily supervision, extensive research discussions andmentorship during the research project period. The participating faculty member conceptualized,assembled and tested a quadrotor, shown in Fig. 1, with low cost, light weight, easy to assemble,and suitable for mass production by using commodity products and traditionally availablemachining tools. The majority of hardware configuration and controller code scheduling wereimplemented in the C programming code. An

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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Two Year College Division

instruction. She is a member of ASEE, ASME, and IEEE.Tracy D Blake, Utah State University Tracy Blake, a lecturer in the Engineering and Technology Dept. at Utah State University, instructs engineering courses at the Tooele regional campus. His industry experience covers a variety of fields including component and system level design. He has several years of teaching experience in electrical engineering at Arizona and Utah State Universities. His current position involves assisting in the building of an educational program that will allow students to take engineering courses at locations remote to the main campus.Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University Dr. Wade Goodridge, Principal Lecturer in the Department of