Scholarship Programs for Vertical Transfers in Engineering and Engineering Technology
Scholarship Programs for Vertical Transfers in Engineering and Engineering Technology
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工程和工程技术垂直转移奖学金计划
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2018
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R. Garrick
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Surendra K. Gupta;J. Moon;R. Melton;M. Kuhl;Daniel P. Johnson;Todd Dunn;James Lee;F. Foltz;R. Garrick
本文介绍了国家科学基金资助的两个奖学金项目，这两个项目的重点是从两年制学校转到我校工程和工程技术本科专业的三年制学生。这两个项目的目标是：(I)扩大和多样化未来的工程/技术劳动力；(Ii)与两年制学校及其S-STEM课程建立联系和衔接；(Iii)通过强制性付费合作经验提供更多的职业机会和就业率；以及(Iv)为其他大学提供垂直转学的学士学位机会的典范。从2012年到2014年，TIPI项目每年向75名工程和工程技术转移学生颁发25个新的奖学金。截至2017年秋季底，66名学者(88%)已毕业，5名(7%)正在完成学位，只有4名(5%)离开了我们的大学，保留率为95%。本文描述了我们的成功和挑战。文凭垂直转学(VTAB)项目于2017年秋季招募了第一批25名学生，目标是在未来三年内总共招募78名垂直转学学生。VTAB项目的另一个目标是进行研究并产生有关VTAB项目要素的知识，这些要素对于其他大学的垂直转移项目的成功至关重要。本文介绍了研究工具，以及对第一批VTAB学者进行的在线调查和焦点小组访谈的结果。
This paper introduces two scholarship projects funded by the National Science Foundation that focus on students who transfer at the 3 year level from 2-year schools to the engineering and engineering technology BS programs at our university. The objectives of both the projects are: (i) to expand and diversify the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) to develop linkages and articulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM programs, (iii) to provide increased career opportunities and job placement rates through mandatory paid co-op experiences, and (iv) to serve as a model for other universities to provide vertical transfer students access to the baccalaureate degree. The Transfer Pipeline (TiPi) project awarded 25 new scholarships per year from 2012 to 2014 to a total of 75 engineering and engineering technology transfer students. By the end of Fall 2017, 66 (88%) scholars have graduated, 5 (7%) are in process of completing their degrees, and only 4 (5%) left our university, for a 95% retention rate. The paper describes our successes and challenges. The Vertical Transfer Access to the Baccalaureate (VTAB) project recruited its first group of 25 students in Fall 2017 with the goal of recruiting a total of 78 vertical transfers over the next three years. An additional goal of the VTAB project is to conduct research and generate knowledge about the VTAB project elements that will be essential for the success of vertical transfer programs at other universities. The paper describes the research instruments, and the results from an online survey and a focus group interview of the first cohort of VTAB scholars.