Implementation Project: Blue-Shirt Program: Engineering Clinic-Based Curriculum to Enhance Retention of Underrepresented Groups at Tennessee State University

历史悠久的黑人学院和大学-本科课程中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。田纳西州立大学工程学院的这一实施项目旨在解决与工程专业非裔美国人男性入学率和毕业率下降有关的问题。该项目的目标是创建一个为期五年的试点工程项目，学生参加为期一年的工程预科课程，并每年从事实践项目，以提高非裔美国工程专业学生的保留率和毕业率。该项目研究了留住少数族裔学生，特别是非洲裔美国男性的主要因素。该项目以形成性和终结性评估为指导和指导。该项目改革了传统的工程课程，允许准备较少的新生完成为期一年的工程预科课程，为四年制课程做好准备。蓝衫计划将采用工程诊所的概念，提供基于项目的学习体验。具体目标是：开发一年制工程学准备课程试点，使学生能够以足够的资历进入正规的传统工程学课程；开发课件和实验室模块，通过真实世界设计的项目以及与行业专业人士的互动，增强工程学学生的学习体验，以便进行指导和职业发展；识别和研究导致非裔美国人学生在工程学领域不同流失率的心理-社会因素，尤其是非裔美国人男性，并建议干预策略，以提高保留率；并将蓝衫计划制度化，持续努力关注STEM学生的成就。该项目可以作为工程教育的典范，培养合格的工程师，确保美国工业持续的全球竞争力。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project in the College of Engineering at Tennessee State University seeks to address issues related to the declining enrollment and graduation of African American men in engineering. The goal of this project is to create a five-year pilot engineering program where students participate in a one-year pre-engineering curriculum and are engaged in hands-on projects every year to enhance the retention rate and graduation rate of African American engineering students. The project studies the leading factors that contribute to retention of minority students, specifically African American males. The project is guided and informed by formative and summative evaluation.This project reforms the traditional engineering curriculum to allow less prepared incoming students to complete a one-year pre-engineering curriculum to get them prepared for the four-year program. The Blue-Shirt program will deploy the concept of engineering clinics that provide project-based learning experiences. Specific objectives are: to develop a pilot one-year engineering preparation curriculum that allows students to enter the formal traditional engineering program with adequate credentials; to develop courseware and laboratory modules to enhance the learning experience of engineering students through real-world designed projects and interaction with industry professionals for mentoring and professional development; to identify and examine the psycho-social attributes that contribute to the disparate attrition rate of African American students in engineering, with a particular focus on African American men, and to recommend intervention strategies to improve the retention rates; and to institutionalize the Blue-Shirt program with sustained efforts focused on STEM student achievement. This project can serve as a model for engineering education to train qualified engineers, who will ensure the continued global competitiveness of the U.S. industries.