A Systematic Approach to Increase the Success Rates of Engineering and Technology Students at an Urban Community College

提高城市社区学院工程技术学生成功率的系统方法

• 批准号: 1203803
• 负责人: Yun Liu
• 金额: $ 86.17万
• 依托单位: Baltimore City Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203803&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Systematic; Approach; Increase; Success; Rates

This engineering technology (ET) project model is designed to increase the success rates of ET students, especially underrepresented minorities and disadvantaged veterans. The effort is supported by Morgan State University (MSU), Capitol College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Juxtopia LLC, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the AMTEK Company, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), Advanced Module Inc., NASA Goddard Center, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Career Communication Groups (CCG), and the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training (MCVET). To achieve the project goals, the ET model is increasing success rates of ET students by: (1) implementing an Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering (ASE); (2) setting up a state-of-the-art electrical engineering laboratory by upgrading the existing electronics laboratory at the college; (3) developing curriculum materials using the RPI Mobile Studio for the first two years of electrical engineering and electronics technology courses; (4) revisiting the existing engineering and technology curriculum at the college to ease the transition for students moving between engineering and technology programs; (5) developing strong, mathematics centered and ET focused advising and activities; (6) creating a career pathway from ET programs to the MSU School of Engineering for an engineering related baccalaureate degree, and from the ET programs to Capitol College for a technology related baccalaureate degree; (7) providing internship and job opportunities to ET graduates; and (8) introducing ET concepts to underserved and disadvantaged 11th and 12th graders in the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) and veterans, and recruiting them into ET programs. The expected outcomes of this project are to: (1) produce a nationally ready math centered ET advising model; (2) implement a new ASE program with 50 students enrolled at the end of the project; (3) produce 10 more graduates annually with higher GPAs in Robotics/CIS/CADD programs; (4) implement a career pathway to MSU and Capitol College for at least 15 ET graduates; (5) provide internship and job opportunities to 90% of the ET graduates; (6) recruit 20% more currently enrolled students and 100% more veterans into ET programs; (7) offer ET seminars to 1000 students annually who are enrolled in underserved high schools and MCVET; (8) provide scholarships to selected ET students annually, and (9) increase the success rates in targeted ET programs by an average of 20 to 25%. The intellectual merit of the project is the development of a nationally designed and systematic model that is increasing the success rates in ET through innovative degree programs, systematic advising, enhanced articulations, improved developmental math education, and reliable career pathways. To achieve these goals, the approach is facilitating an academic collaboration among two-year community colleges, public secondary schools, four-year colleges and universities, various organizations, and industry. The project is demonstrating broader impacts by first improving ET education for a significant number of underserved and disadvantaged students. Secondly, the project is motivating an increased number of community college students and veterans to pursue an engineering or technology profession. Thirdly, the project is establishing a national dissemination ready bridge model between engineering and technology majors in urban community college settings.

这种工程技术（ET）项目模式旨在提高ET学生的成功率，特别是代表性不足的少数民族和弱势退伍军人。这项工作得到了摩根州立大学（MSU）、国会学院、伦斯勒理工学院（RPI）、卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）、并托亚有限责任公司、洛克希德马丁公司、AMTEK公司、巴尔的摩燃气电气公司（BGE）、先进模块公司、美国宇航局戈达德中心、全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE）、职业交流组织（CCG）和马里兰州退伍军人教育和培训中心（MCVET）的支持。为了实现项目目标，电子工程模式通过以下方式提高了电子工程学生的成功率：(1)实施电子工程理学副学士（ASE）；(2)对学院现有的电子实验室进行升级改造，建立最先进的电气工程实验室；(3)使用RPI移动工作室为电气工程和电子技术课程的前两年开发课程材料；(4)重新审视学院现有的工程和技术课程，以缓解学生在工程和技术专业之间的过渡；(5)开展强有力的、以数学为中心的、以ET为重点的咨询和活动；(6)创建一条从ET项目到密歇根州立大学工程学院获得工程相关学士学位，从ET项目到国会学院获得技术相关学士学位的职业道路；(7)为科技毕业生提供实习和工作机会；(8)向巴尔的摩市公立学校系统（BCPSS）中服务不足和处境不利的11年级和12年级学生以及退伍军人介绍教育理念，并将他们招募到教育项目中。该项目的预期结果是：(1)产生一个全国性的以数学为中心的ET咨询模型；(2)在项目结束时实施一个新的ASE项目，招收50名学生；(3)每年在机器人/CIS/CADD专业培养10名gpa较高的毕业生；(4)为至少15名ET毕业生提供通往密歇根州立大学和国会学院的职业道路；(5)为90%的理工毕业生提供实习和工作机会；(6)将现有在校生增加20%，将退伍军人增加100%；(7)每年为1000名就读于服务水平低下的高中和MCVET的学生提供ET研讨会；(8)每年为选定的ET学生提供奖学金，(9)将目标ET项目的成功率平均提高20%至25%。该项目的智力价值在于开发了一个由国家设计和系统的模式，通过创新的学位课程、系统的建议、增强的发音、改进的发展性数学教育和可靠的职业道路，提高了ET的成功率。为了实现这些目标，该方法正在促进两年制社区学院、公立中学、四年制学院和大学、各种组织和行业之间的学术合作。该项目首先改善了大量服务不足和处境不利的学生的教育，从而展示了更广泛的影响。其次，该项目正在激励越来越多的社区大学生和退伍军人从事工程或技术专业。第三，在城市社区学院的工程与技术专业之间建立全国性的传播就绪桥梁模式。