Lipscomb University--Enhancing Engineering Talent in Tennessee

利普斯科姆大学——增强田纳西州的工程人才

• 批准号: 1458735
• 负责人: Allen Gwinn
• 金额: $ 61.15万
• 依托单位: David Lipscomb University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458735&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Lipscomb; University; Enhancing; Engineering; Talent

This project at Lipscomb University involves implementing a scholarship program to serve 30 undergraduate students. This project is motivated by the Tennessee Promise initiative which will provide free tuition at all state community colleges beginning in 2015. This initiative is projected to initially decrease rolls at the 4-year colleges in the state, therefore the project team will recruit community college pre-engineering program graduates directly into one of their three engineering major programs in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering. Lipscomb plans to graduate at least 20 of the scholars, thereby increasing the number of engineering graduates at Lipscomb and in the state of Tennessee and contributing to the pool of engineers needed nationwide. Lipscomb has proven very successful in preparation of engineering graduates as they reported 90% first-time passing rates for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and almost 100% placement of graduates into the workforce or graduate school.Five cohorts of six students each will be selected from a pool of students at area community colleges chosen due to historic trends of students/graduates transferring to Lipscomb. The cohorts will benefit from a residential living and learning community and several activities intended to support their learning environment. Traditional student support and career development services will be available to all students including project scholars. Student support services include tutoring, academic workshops, study groups, and academic advising, etc. while career development services such as professional societies, service trips, design competitions employer networking, and mock interviews, etc. will also be available. A broader impact of this program is the potential to provide information to similar schools as it is anticipated more states will adopt plans similar to the Tennessee Promise. Program evaluation will focus on two research questions: 1) what are the effects of the program supports on student, faculty, and staff perceptions of known barriers to success for community college students and community college transfers interested in an engineering career and 2) what are the effects of the program on community college student interest, application, admission, enrollment, retention, and graduation from Lipscomb's engineering program? In addition, the project will explore the impact of the program on transfer support services and engineering career pathways at the participating community colleges and Lipscomb, as well as the impact of the program on community college tracking of pre-engineering student outcomes.

Lipscomb大学的该项目涉及实施一项奖学金计划，以服务30名本科生。 该项目是由田纳西州Promise倡议激励的，该计划将从2015年开始在所有州社区大学提供免费的学费。该计划预计最初将减少该州4年的大学的劳动，因此，该项目团队将招募社区学院的工程学预科课程毕业生，直接进入他们的三个民用电气，电气或机械机械工程的大型工程课程之一。 Lipscomb计划毕业至少20名学者，从而增加Lipscomb和田纳西州的工程毕业生人数，并为全国所需的工程师库做出贡献。 Lipscomb在准备工程毕业生方面非常成功，因为他们报告了90％的工程考试基础知识的首次通过率，并且将近100％的毕业生安置在劳动力或研究生院中。六个学生的同类群体将从学生/毕业生的历史悠久的毕业生/毕业生的lip群中选择。 这些人群将受益于住宅生活和学习社区以及旨在支持其学习环境的几项活动。 传统的学生支持和职业发展服务将为包括项目学者在内的所有学生提供。 学生支持服务包括辅导，学术研讨会，学习小组和学术建议等，而职业发展服务（例如专业社会，服务旅行，设计竞赛雇主网络和模拟面试等）也将提供。 该计划的更广泛的影响是向类似学校提供信息，因为预计会有更多的州将采用类似于田纳西州承诺的计划。 计划评估将重点介绍两个研究问题：1）该计划支持对学生，教职员工和员工对社区大学生成功障碍和社区学院的成功障碍的看法有什么影响，对工程职业感兴趣； 2）该计划对社区大学学生的兴趣，录取，录取，招生，招生，招生，招生，保留，保留和毕业的影响是什么？ 此外，该项目将探讨该计划对参与社区大学和Lipscomb的转会支持服务和工程职业途径的影响，以及该计划对社区大学跟踪预研究前学生成果的影响。