MEET (Multi-department Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer) Scholars Program

该项目的重点是从两年制学校转到罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）的三年级学生。在NSF的奖学金支持下，该项目正在招聘，保留和毕业工程和技术学士学位课程的额外转学学者。NSF的资金支持30转让学者在第一年，并在接下来的三年每年增加15名学者。RIT将提供额外的90，000美元，以确保MEET学者在补助金到期后获得持续的财政支持，以帮助他们按时毕业。 MEET学者计划代表了两所学院的五个学术部门以及RIT的招生管理和职业服务部门的合作努力。 五个参与部门的所有课程都是ABET认证的。 RIT有许多学生支持和干预计划。 其中包括指导学生的方案和内部强制性合作教育方案。 指导和合作教育计划帮助学生解决他们的财务需求，并促进在高科技劳动力的安置。 在强制性合作教育方案中，学生在毕业前获得一年的工业经验。 该项目正在定期评估使用定量数据，如成绩，GPA和合作社的工资以及参与学者，教师和管理人员的调查数据。 评估以年度报告的形式进行，包括增加、删除或修改特定计划要素的建议，以提高计划的成功率。研究结果通过区域和国家两级的工程和技术教育会议传播。

This project focuses on students who transfer at the third year level from 2-year schools to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). With scholarship support from NSF, the project is acting to recruit, retain and graduate additional transfer scholars in the engineering and technology BS degree programs. NSF funding supports 30 transfer scholars in the first year, and 15 additional scholars per year for the following three years. RIT is providing an additional $90,000 to ensure that MEET scholars have continuing financial support after the grant expires to help them graduate on time. The MEET Scholars Program represents a collaborative effort of five academic departments across two colleges, and the Enrollment Management and Career Services Division at RIT. All of the programs in the five participating departments are ABET-accredited. RIT has numerous student support and intervention programs. Among these are programs for mentoring students and an in-house mandatory cooperative education program. The mentoring and cooperative education programs help students address their financial needs and facilitate placement in the high technology workforce. In the mandatory cooperative education programs, students acquire one year of industrial experience before graduation. This project is being assessed periodically using quantitative data such as grades, GPA and co-op salaries as well as data from surveys of participating scholars, faculty and administrators. Evaluation is in the form of an annual report based on assessments, and includes recommendations for adding, deleting or modifying specific program elements to enhance the program's success rate. The results are disseminated via engineering and technology education conferences at both regional and national levels.