A Multi-Faceted First-Year Program to Recruit and Retain Engineering Students

旨在招募和留住工程专业学生的多方面第一年计划

• 批准号: 9987118
• 负责人: Richard Kee
• 金额: $ 21.97万
• 依托单位: University of Dayton
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-01 至 2002-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9987118&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multi; Faceted; First; Year; Program

This proposal describes a set of student-support programs designed and implemented by the University of Dayton's School of Engineering to address the need to recruit and retain greater numbers of talented students who receive baccalaureate degrees in engineering fields. Created in the last four years, these programs have been successful in achieving the goal of increasing both recruitment and retention rates of students enrolled in engineering programs at the University of Dayton. This project is providing scholarships for financially disadvantaged students who are benefiting from participation in these successful student-support programs. Scholarship support is giving students the financial assistance they need to sustain full-time enrollment in engineering programs, to complete their baccalaureate degrees, and to pursue post-graduate employment or advanced study in the engineering professions. During the 1990s, the School of Engineering (SOE) was confronted with low enrollments and retention rates of engineering students. Because first-year retention rates were especially low (69.5%) compared to retention rates in second, third or fourth years, the SOE decided to focus its retention improvement efforts at the first-year. A survey was conducted of students leaving the program after the first year, revealing these reasons: (1) difficulty with calculus, chemistry, and physics; (2) lack of association with other engineering students and faculty in the first year; and (3) inadequate first-year advising. To increase enrollments and first-year retention rates, the SOE has created several programs emphasizing student development and academic support in the first year. These programs consist of the First-Year Program, designed to assist and retain all first-year students; the Enriched Engineering Program, designed to recruit and retain "at-risk" students who normally would not be permitted to enroll in engineering because of low ACT or SAT scores; the Minority Engineering Program, designed to recruit and retain under-represented minorities; and the Introduction to Engineering Design course, providing all first-year students with an overview of all engineering fields offered at the University in a laboratory environment. Some of the effective elements of these programs include collaborative learning workshops, cohorted classes in calculus, chemistry, and physics, specialized advising, professional development sessions, and professional mentors paired with students. In each of the two years of the grant, scholarships is benefiting 40 engineering students who meet eligibility requirements and who successfully compete for the scholarships based on academic merit and professionalism. Special effort is made to ensure full consideration of students who are members of under-represented groups in engineering fields. Of the currently enrolled students who qualify for a scholarship, 18 percent are members of under-represented minority groups and 22 percent are female.

该提案描述了代顿大学工程学院设计和实施的一套学生支持计划，旨在满足招募和留住更多获得工程领域学士学位的优秀学生的需求。这些项目创建于过去四年，成功实现了提高代顿大学工程项目学生的招收率和保留率的目标。该项目为经济困难的学生提供奖学金，这些学生受益于这些成功的学生支持计划。奖学金支持为学生提供所需的经济援助，以维持全日制工程课程入学、完成学士学位以及在工程专业中追求研究生就业或深造。 20 世纪 90 年代，工程学院 (SOE) 面临着工程学生入学率和保留率较低的问题。由于与第二年、第三年或第四年的保留率相比，第一年的保留率特别低（69​​.5%），国有企业决定将改进保留率的工作重点放在第一年。对第一年后退学的学生进行了一项调查，揭示了以下原因：（1）微积分、化学和物理困难； (2) 第一年缺乏与其他工程专业学生和教师的交往； (3) 第一年的建议不足。为了提高入学率和第一年的保留率，SOE 创建了多个项目，强调第一年的学生发展和学术支持。这些计划包括一年级计划，旨在帮助和留住所有一年级学生；强化工程项目，旨在招募和留住“高风险”学生，这些学生通常因 ACT 或 SAT 分数低而无法入读工程专业；少数族裔工程计划，旨在招募和留住代表性不足的少数族裔；以及工程设计概论课程，为所有一年级学生提供在实验室环境中大学提供的所有工程领域的概述。这些项目的一些有效要素包括协作学习研讨会、微积分、化学和物理分组课程、专业咨询、专业发展课程以及与学生配对的专业导师。在资助的两年中，每年都有 40 名符合资格要求并凭借学术成绩和专业精神成功竞争奖学金的工程专业学生受益。我们特别努力确保充分考虑工程领域代表性不足群体的学生。在目前有资格获得奖学金的注册学生中，18% 是代表性不足的少数群体成员，22% 是女性。