Conference: Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS)

美世学生工程项目（TEAMS）将通过在三个目标群体（高中、学院/大学和工程行业）之间建立合作关系，吸引社区参与。团队活动将包括四次会议、大学工程参观、工程项目实地考察，以及在国家工程会议上发表研究成果。第一次会议将以地区高中为目标，目的是确定学生在工程方面的障碍。第二次会议将以学院和大学为目标，目标是确定有效的制度干预措施。第三次会议将针对工程行业，目标是确定工程雇主的需求。最后的会议将是一个总结圆桌讨论，目标是创建一个工程准备总结和一个工程员工技能总结。TEAMS将通过建立工程指导机会，增加工程学生的参与度和积极性，以及与工程利益相关者建立伙伴关系来扩大工程参与。TEAMS计划将为那些传统上服务不足的人确定进入工程专业的障碍，并促进不同学生、教师和专业人士的参与。美世学生工程项目（TEAMS）将通过在三个目标群体（高中、学院/大学和工程行业）之间建立合作关系，吸引社区参与。团队活动将包括四次会议、大学工程参观、工程项目实地考察，以及在国家工程会议上发表研究成果。会议1：地区高中。目标人群：学生、家长、老师、辅导员。目标是找出学生学习工程学的障碍。会议2：学院和大学。目标群体：新泽西州工程院校。除了有效的制度干预外，目标是确定工程学学生成功的有效指标。会议3：工程行业。目标群体：工程咨询公司和专业工程学会。目标是确定工程雇主的需求。在评估前三次会议的数据时，TEAMS将协调：(1)区域工程项目的大学工程参观，以及(2)工程项目实地考察。总结会议。目标群体：所有利益相关者。目标是创建一个工程学院准备摘要和创建一个工程员工技能摘要。团队将评估学生对工程的态度、对工程职业的了解、信心、工程导师的存在、动机、目标和支持。目标是找出学生学习工程学的障碍，尤其是那些代表性不足的群体。此外，TEAMS将确定工程学学生成功的有效指标和有效的机构干预措施。最后，团队将确定工程雇主的需求。总之，TEAMS将开发(1)工程学院准备摘要，(2)工程员工技能摘要。这些摘要将用于支持将所吸取的教训制度化，并将通过摘要报告向更广泛的社区散发。TEAMS将通过建立工程指导机会，增加工程学生的参与度和积极性，以及与工程利益相关者建立伙伴关系来扩大工程参与。TEAMS计划将增加低收入，URM和资深STEM学生的数量，他们注册STEM学科，转到四年制大学，最终满足当地和地区的劳动力需求。TEAMS计划将为那些传统上服务不足的人确定进入工程专业的障碍，并促进不同学生、教师和专业人员的参与。许多低收入和非传统学生在社区大学开始他们的大学生涯，国家需要增加这些人群的转学成功率。项目小组将广泛和战略性地传播小组的研究结果，以促进制度变革。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS) will engage the community by establishing collaborations between three target groups: high schools, colleges/universities, and the engineering industry. The TEAMS activities will include four conferences, college engineering tours, engineering project field trips, and a presentation of findings at a national engineering conference. The first conference will target area high schools, with a goal of identifying student barriers to engineering. The second conference will target colleges and universities, with a goal of identifying effective institutional interventions. The third conference will target the engineering industry, with a goal of identifying engineering employer needs. The final conference will be a summary roundtable discussion, with a goals of creating an engineering readiness summary and an engineering employee skills summary.TEAMS will broaden participation in engineering by establishing engineering mentoring opportunities, increasing engineering student engagement and motivation, and creating a partnership with engineering stakeholders. The TEAMS program will identify barriers to the engineering profession for those traditionally underserved, and promote participation of diverse students, faculty and professionals. Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS) will engage the community by establishing collaborations between three target groups: high schools, colleges/universities, and the engineering industry. The TEAMS activities will include four conferences, college engineering tours, engineering project field trips, and a presentation of findings at a national engineering conference. Conference 1: Area high schools. Target group: students, parents, teachers, and counselors. The goal is to identify student barriers to engineering. Conference 2: Colleges and universities. Target group: New Jersey engineering colleges and universities. The goal is to identify effective indicators for engineering student success in addition to effective institutional interventions.Conference 3: Engineering industry. Target group: engineering consulting firms and professional engineering societies. The goal is to identify engineering employer needs. While the data are assessed from the first three conferences, TEAMS will coordinate: (1) college engineering tours at area engineering programs, and (2) engineering project field trips. Summary Conference. Target group: all stakeholders. The goal is to create an engineering college readiness summary and create an engineering employee skills summary.TEAMS will assess student attitudes about engineering, knowledge about engineering careers, confidence, presence of engineering mentors, motivation, goals, and support. The goal is to identify student barriers to engineering, particularly for underrepresented groups. In addition, TEAMS will identify effective indicators for engineering student success and effective institutional interventions. Finally, TEAMS will identify engineering employer needs. In sum, TEAMS will develop (1) an engineering college readiness summary, and (2) an engineering employee skills summary. These summaries will be used to support institutionalization of lessons learned and will be disseminated to the broader community via a summary report. TEAMS will broaden participation in engineering by establishing engineering mentoring opportunities, increasing engineering student engagement and motivation, and creating a partnership with engineering stakeholders. The TEAMS program will increase the number of low-income, URM, and veteran STEM students who enroll in STEM disciplines, transfer to four-year institutions, and eventually meet local and regional workforce demand. The TEAMS program will identify barriers to the engineering profession for those traditionally underserved, and promote participation of diverse students, faculty, and professionals. Many low-income and nontraditional students begin their college careers at community colleges, and there is a national need to increase transfer success in these populations. The project team will broadly and strategically disseminate the TEAMS findings to promote institutional change.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.