Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Undergraduate Engineering Students

辛辛那提大学工程学院正在增加并保留工程领域代表性不足的学生人数。 该项目是NSF工程教育桥梁（BEE）规划赠款的一个成果，该项目与来自14个学区的教师和管理人员举行了焦点小组会议，并进行了中学和大学学生调查。 根据调查结果，来自辛辛那提半径100公里范围内18个学区的加州大学工程系教师和管理人员组成了一个联盟，以开发这个项目，目标是在这些地区的公立学校就读的159,623名学生。 学生中约41%为少数民族学生，49%为女生，其中约29%表示对工程学感兴趣。 正在使用的策略包括学前活动，高中生暑期研究所，为期六周和一周的夏桥计划，同行，企业和教师指导，补充说明，以及夏季和学年本科生研究机会。 所列的前两项活动由非国家科学基金资助。

The University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering is increasing and retaining to completion the number of underrepresented students in engineering fields. The project is an outcome a NSF Bridges to Engineering Education (BEE) Planning Grant that held focus group meetings with teachers and administrators from 14 school districts and conducted secondary school and university student surveys. Based on the findings, an alliance was formed among UC engineering faculty and teachers and administrators from 18 school districts within a 100 km radius of Cincinnati to develop this project that targets the 159,623 students enrolled in these districts' public schools. The student population consists of about 41% minority and 49% female students, and about 29% of these students have indicated an interest in engineering.The project is focusing on recruitment and retention. Included among the strategies being used are precollege activities, a summer institute for high school students, both six week and one week summer bridge programs, peer, corporate and faculty mentoring, supplemental instruction, and both summer and academic year undergraduate research opportunities. The first two activities listed are supported by non-NSF funds.