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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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as Senior Director of Research and Evaluation at PowerUP, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding technology access and providing youth development resources for underserved youth. Schneider’s current research interests include race, class, and gender inequality in educational access and retention, in particular, issues of access, climate, and the quality of student learning in undergraduate engineering education.Ms. Maria Terrell, Cornell University Page 22.798.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Impact of Collaborative Problem-solving

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; John H. Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College

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Students From Non-Metropolitan Community CollegesAbstractIn Fall 2009, a National Science Foundation (NSF) STEP grant award (# 0856834) was made tosupport a collaboration between a Research I University and five rural (non- metropolitan)community colleges (CC). The grant followed a smaller NSF grant (# 0836050) whichsupported the exploration of a four-year school working with three rural CCs.This paper will first look at the enrollments of transfer students in engineering and computerscience at the university for the past seven years. Large increases have occurred in the past twoyears. An analysis of the smaller transfer enrollment increases from the five non- metropolitancommunity colleges will then be discussed.This paper will