Establishing the Need to Broaden Bioengineering Research Exposure and Research Participation in Mechanical Engineering and Its Positive Impacts on Student Recruitment, Diversification, Retention and Graduation: Findings From the UMBC ME S-STEM Scholarship
Establishing the Need to Broaden Bioengineering Research Exposure and Research Participation in Mechanical Engineering and Its Positive Impacts on Student Recruitment, Diversification, Retention and Graduation: Findings From the UMBC ME S-STEM Scholarship
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确定扩大机械工程生物工程研究接触和研究参与的必要性及其对学生招生、多样化、保留和毕业的积极影响：来自 UMBC ME S-STEM 奖学金的调查结果
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10.1115/1.4047839
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2020
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Madan, Deepa
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Zhu, Liang;Eggleton, Charles;Ma, Ronghui;Topoleski, L. D.;Madan, Deepa
本研究的目的是评估社区学院 (CC) 学生和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县 (UMBC) 学生接触生物工程研究的现状，并估计机械工程 (ME) S-STEM 奖学金计划赞助的研究活动与学生入学/多样化、保留率和毕业率改善之间的关系。该分析利用了 UMBC 2008 年至 2019 年 ME 本科生学术记录的数据。一项调查旨在评估 CC 和 UMBC 学生的研究接触情况以及他们对招聘和课程活动中包含的研究部分的评估。结果显示，通过参加研究研讨会衡量的参与者对研究的接触程度较低，UMBC 的 CC 学生约为 37%，ME 学生约为 21%。调查结果表明 UMBC 的奖学金计划对研究接触和研究经验产生了积极影响。对于最初从 CC 转学的学生来说，这种影响更为明显。过去 10 年招收的女性和 CC 学生人数大幅增加，表明 ME S-STEM 项目的研究相关活动在这些增长中发挥了重要作用。由于与研究相关的活动，ME S-STEM 项目的保留率和毕业率高于 ME 本科项目（6 年毕业率分别为 89% 和 60%），并且进入研究生院的学生比例也更高（30% 和 10%）。我们的结论是，仍然需要在 ME 本科课程中实施与研究相关的活动，从招生开始一直到学术课程。结果表明，ME S-STEM 研究活动对学生多元化、保留率和攻读研究生学位的毕业生百分比产生了积极影响。
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the current status of exposure to bio-engineering research in community college (CC) students and University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) students, and to estimate relationships between research activities sponsored by the Mechanical Engineering (ME) S-STEM Scholarship Program and improvement in student enrollment/diversification, retention rates, and graduation rates. The analysis drew on data from ME undergraduate academic records at UMBC from 2008 to 2019. A survey was designed to assess the research exposure of CC and UMBC students and their evaluation of the research components included in recruitment and curriculum activities. Results show that exposure to research measured by attending a research seminar was low for the participants, around 37% for CC students and 21% for ME students at UMBC. The survey results indicate the positive impact of the scholarship programs at UMBC on the research exposure and research experience. The impact is more evident in students who originally transferred from a CC. The large increase in recruited female and CC students over the past 10 years indicated that the research-related activities of the ME S-STEM program played an instrumental role in those increases. Because of the research-related activities, the ME S-STEM program achieved retention and graduation rates higher than those in the ME undergraduate program (89% versus 60% for the 6 year graduation rate), as well a higher percentage of students enrolled in graduate school (30% versus 10%). We conclude that there is still a need to implement research-related activities in the ME undergraduate program, starting with student recruitment and continuing through the academic program. Results suggest that there is a positive impact of ME S-STEM research activities on student diversification, retention rates, and percentage of our graduates who are pursuing graduate degree.