Farmingdale State College, NY, New York
October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024
November 5, 2024
Diversity and Professional Papers
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10.18260/1-2--49459
https://peer.asee.org/49459
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Guozhen Tony An is an assistant professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Queensborough Community College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). He holds a BS in Computer Science from Jilin University in China, an MA in Computer Science from Queens College, CUNY, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests are in Natural Language Processing, Spoken Language Processing, Speech Recognition/Analysis/Synthesis, Machine Learning and Computational Linguistics.
David Mannes is a dedicated educational reformer, with a focus on experiential and situated learning strategies. He is a graduate of Fordham’s master‘s program in Educational Leadership, where he studied change management and leadership theories. He is also a skilled administrator and system builder, and is adept at using technology to automate and streamline workflow.
Dr. Seo, an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Queensborough Community College (QCC), has been a dedicated advocate for promoting diversity in technology disciplines with a robust engineering education background in academia.
This paper explores student perspectives on a paid and credit-bearing technology apprenticeship program offered by a community college in a large metropolitan area. The program is offered in collaboration with a large non-profit organization that brings together local branches of Fortune 500 companies to offer apprenticeship positions in the software engineering technology field. The goal of this paper is to describe how technology apprentices enter existing Communities of Practice (CoP’s) at their partner companies. In doing so, the paper will explore apprentices’ perspectives on their company environments, work roles, team structure, and learning processes. By highlighting the insights of student apprentices, the authors hope to motivate further programmatic improvements, and to help others become familiar with the unique needs and perspectives of this student population. During the most recent cohort of the apprenticeship program, the authors recorded the feedback that apprentices shared, as well as their own observations of the program, which formed the foundation of this work The apprenticeship program described here has both high rates of student acceptance and high rates of conversion to full-time roles following the program, and thus can serve as a model program for others interested in promoting student apprenticeship.
An, G., & Mannes, D., & Seo, D. (2024, October), Voices of Student Apprenticeship: Exploring the Unique Needs and Perspectives of Community College Students Paper presented at 2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference, Farmingdale State College, NY, New York. 10.18260/1-2--49459
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