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未被充分代表的学生数量。该项目是美国国家科学基金会工程教育之桥（BEE）规划基金的成果，该基金与14个学区的教师和管理人员举行了焦点小组会议，并对中学生和大学生进行了调查。基于这些发现，加州大学工程学院的教师和管理人员组成了一个联盟，他们来自辛辛那提100公里半径内的18个学区，以开发这个项目，目标是在这些地区的公立学校注册的159,623名学生。学生中41%是少数族裔，49%是女生，其中29%的学生表示对工程学感兴趣。该项目的重点是招聘和留用。所采用的策略包括大学前活动、高中生暑期学院、为期六周和一周的暑期桥梁项目、同伴、公司和教师指导、补充指导，以及夏季和学年的本科生研究机会。列出的前两项活动由非nsf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.