Success in Engineering and Technology Workshop: An Academic Intervention Program for Probation Students

Jessica R. McCormick; Eugenia Fernandez; Danny King

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Conference: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Publication Date: June 10, 2012
Start Date: June 10, 2012
End Date: June 13, 2012
ISSN: 2153-5965
Conference Session: Factors Affecting Student Performance
Tagged Division: Engineering Technology
Page Count: 16
Page Numbers: 25.1206.1 - 25.1206.16
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--21963
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/21963
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Eugenia Fernandez is an Associate Professor of computer and information technology and Chair of the Department of Computer, Information & Leadership Technology at IUPUI. She is a member of the Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, a Fellow of the Mack Center at Indiana University for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning, and an Editor of the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, with emphasis on student learning with technology.

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Danny King Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Danny King is the Interim Director of the New Student Academic Advising Center within the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. In addition to his advising duties, King teaches in the first-year experience seminars for engineering students, and has taught the Summer Bridge Program’s engineering
section for three years. King has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, an M.S. in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University, and is currently a doctoral student in higher education and student affairs at Indiana University.

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Abstract

Success in Engineering and Technology Workshop: An Academic Intervention Program for Probation StudentsStudents who are having trouble with the transition to college can many times end up onacademic probation due to poor grades. A student on probation can have many obstacles in theirpath and could have trouble getting their grades up to get back on track and be successful incollege. The transition to college can take a toll on students, both mentally and physically. Thechallenges and demands of their academics, work and personal lives can begin to overwhelm anystudent. As the semester progresses some students begin to fall behind in class and have a hardtime catching up; and in many cases, just give up completely. In most cases, probation studentslack the knowledge on how to succeed in college. They simply aren’t aware of the campusresources available to help them academically.One of the goals of the Advising Center is to increase the number of students whoare removed from probation status. To help these probation students, the faculty and advisorsdeveloped a workshop for students on probation. The Success in Engineering & Technology(SET) workshop is designed to provide an early intervention for freshman and new transferstudents who have been placed on academic probation after their first semester of universitystudy at a large midwestern urban university. The goals of the workshop are to help studentsidentify challenges to their academic success. In addition, students will be given the tools torecognize their underutilized talents that can help them succeed, assist in setting short-, mid-, andlong-term academic performance goals, and familiarize students with campus resources that areappropriate in helping them achieving their goals.This paper investigates whether there was a difference in the number of students removed fromprobation after completion of the SET workshop based upon a students’ major in the School ofEngineering & Technology. Prior research by Brandt, King and Morrison showed that theworkshop was successful in helping students being removed from probation; however, theirresearch did not look into the variation between majors in engineering and majors in technology.Comparing students in engineering versus technology will allow the administration of the Schoolto adapt the workshop to better fit the needs of their students based upon major, and help themsucceed academically.

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McCormick, J. R., & Fernandez, E., & King, D. (2012, June), Success in Engineering and Technology Workshop: An Academic Intervention Program for Probation Students Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21963

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