ENG^2: Engineering Engagement for Student Success

该项目团队正在努力通过针对大学预科、大一和大二学生的项目来提高工程专业学生的保留率和毕业率。它正在吸引学生，教师，员工和行业参与者创建一个协作社区，该社区建立在现有的计划，活动和基础设施的基础上，以实施一个基本上可持续的系统，以提高学生的保留率和工程毕业率。 该项目目标是将学院第六年累计毕业率每年提高3-4%，六年目标为50%。为了实现这一目标，该项目将（1）建立一个夏令营，让新生参加内容审查和大学生活经历及期望;（2）扩大一个成功的少数族裔工程学方案，以吸收所有即将入学的工程学学生，同时既不淡化也不突出为妇女和代表性不足的群体所做的努力;（3）提供必要的环境和培训，以发展学生，教师和执业专业合作伙伴之间的指导关系;（4）为教师提供发展和参与的机会，以改善学生的学习和提供更好的师生互动;（五）建立有效的监督和持续改进机制。工程本科生的副院长是指导与全职项目协调员的协助下，从一个积极的业务指导委员会和内部和外部咨询委员会的指导项目。项目活动的管理以持续改进计划为指导，该计划利用强大的形成性和总结性技术来评估和改进这些活动。项目的研究结果正在教育会议上提出，并在适当的期刊上发表。 更广泛的影响包括特别关注代表性不足的学生的参与，而不会对他们产生负面影响，促进与区域产业的更强联系，以及可持续的活动计划和显著增强的基础设施，将继续支持学院和大学的招聘和保留工作。

The project team is working to increase the retention and graduation rates of engineering students via programs aimed at the pre-college, freshman and sophomore years. It is engaging students, faculty, staff and industry participants in creating a collaborative community that is building upon existing programs, activities, and infrastructure to implement a largely sustainable system to improve student retention and graduation in engineering. The project goal is to increase the College's cumulative 6th year graduation rate by 3-4% per year with a six-year goal of 50%. In order to achieve this goal the project is (1) establishing a summer camp to engage pre-freshman in content review and university-life experiences and expectancies; (2) expanding a successful minority engineering program to integrate all incoming engineering students while neither diluting nor spotlighting efforts on behalf of women and underrepresented groups; (3) providing the environment and training necessary to develop mentoring relationships between students, faculty and practicing professional partners; (4) providing opportunities for faculty development and engagement to improve student learning and provide better faculty-student interaction; and (5) establishing mechanisms for effective monitoring and continual improvement. The Associate Dean of Engineering Undergraduates is directing the project with the assistance of a full-time project coordinator and guidance from an active Operations Steering Committee and both Internal and External Advisory Committees. The management of project activities is being guided by a continual improvement program that utilizes robust formative and summative techniques to assess and improve these activities. Project findings are being presented at educational conferences and published in appropriate journals. Broader impacts include a special focus on the participation of underrepresented students without negatively spotlighting them, a fostering of stronger bonds to regional industry, and a sustainable program of activities and significantly enhanced infrastructure that will continue to support the College and University recruitment and retention efforts.