Research Initiation Grant: Understanding why undergraduate students lose interest in engineering

这项工程教育研究启动基金涉及一项全面的研究，以了解学生如何？在学术机构的经历会影响学生吗？对攻读工程学位有兴趣。本研究旨在了解课堂经验和课堂外经验对学生的影响。坚持工程。该项目将产生关于促进留用和促进非留用的活动和经验的新知识。这个项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于，它将有助于确定促进学生发展的事件和经历。坚持工程。通过了解环境在持久性中的作用，工程项目可以设计出更好的干预措施来处理损耗问题。该项目与美国国家科学基金会的战略目标重叠，即教育和培养多样化的世界级STEM劳动力。

This engineering education research initiation grant involves a comprehensive study to understand how students? experiences at an academic institution affect students? interest in pursuing a degree in engineering. The study aims to understand the role of classroom and out of classroom experiences in influencing students? persistence in engineering. The project will generate new knowledge on activities and experiences that promote retention and those that promote non-persistence.The broader significance and importance of this project is that it will help to identify events and experiences that promote students? persistence in engineering. By understanding the role of the environment in persistence, engineering programs can devise better interventions to deal with the problem of attrition. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of educating and preparing a diverse, world class STEM workforce.