ENG^2: Engineering Engagement for Student Success

该项目团队正在努力通过针对大学预科、大一和大二的项目来提高工科学生的留校率和毕业率。它让学生、教职员工和行业参与者参与创建一个协作社区，该社区建立在现有项目、活动和基础设施的基础上，以实施一个基本上可持续的系统，以提高工程专业的学生留校率和毕业率。该项目的目标是将学院的累积六年毕业率每年提高3-4%，六年目标为50%。为了实现这一目标，该项目是：(1)建立一个夏令营，让大一新生参与内容复习、大学生活经历和期望；(2)扩大一个成功的少数族裔工程项目，让所有即将入学的工程学学生参与进来，同时既不削弱也不突出代表女性和代表性不足群体的努力；(3)提供必要的环境和培训，以发展学生、教职员工和执业专业合作伙伴之间的指导关系；(4)提供教师发展和参与的机会，以改善学生的学习，并提供更好的师生互动；以及(5)建立有效监督和持续改进的机制。工科本科生副院长在一名全职项目协调员的协助下指导该项目，并得到一个积极行动指导委员会以及内部和外部咨询委员会的指导。项目活动的管理是在持续改进计划的指导下进行的，该计划利用稳健的形成性和终结性技术来评估和改进这些活动。项目成果将在教育会议上发表，并在适当的期刊上发表。更广泛的影响包括特别关注代表性不足的学生的参与而不对他们进行负面关注，促进与地区行业更紧密的联系，以及可持续的活动计划和显著加强的基础设施，将继续支持学院和大学的招生和留住工作。

The project team is working to increase the retention and graduation rates of engineering students via programs aimed at the pre-college, freshman and sophomore years. It is engaging students, faculty, staff and industry participants in creating a collaborative community that is building upon existing programs, activities, and infrastructure to implement a largely sustainable system to improve student retention and graduation in engineering. The project goal is to increase the College's cumulative 6th year graduation rate by 3-4% per year with a six-year goal of 50%. In order to achieve this goal the project is (1) establishing a summer camp to engage pre-freshman in content review and university-life experiences and expectancies; (2) expanding a successful minority engineering program to integrate all incoming engineering students while neither diluting nor spotlighting efforts on behalf of women and underrepresented groups; (3) providing the environment and training necessary to develop mentoring relationships between students, faculty and practicing professional partners; (4) providing opportunities for faculty development and engagement to improve student learning and provide better faculty-student interaction; and (5) establishing mechanisms for effective monitoring and continual improvement. The Associate Dean of Engineering Undergraduates is directing the project with the assistance of a full-time project coordinator and guidance from an active Operations Steering Committee and both Internal and External Advisory Committees. The management of project activities is being guided by a continual improvement program that utilizes robust formative and summative techniques to assess and improve these activities. Project findings are being presented at educational conferences and published in appropriate journals. Broader impacts include a special focus on the participation of underrepresented students without negatively spotlighting them, a fostering of stronger bonds to regional industry, and a sustainable program of activities and significantly enhanced infrastructure that will continue to support the College and University recruitment and retention efforts.