A Global Business of Engineering Education Model (BEEM)

萨凡纳州立大学的这一探索性努力将开发和测试一个创新的工程教育商业模式（BEEM）的框架，该模式有助于理解和衡量教学、指导和建议对学生成果（如留校、毕业和职业成功）的影响。在开发模型的研究完成后，将以K-12初高中学生、工学院学生、一年级和二年级工学院学生为对象，对该模型进行试点测试。试点试验的数据将与模型预测进行比较，以检验模型的准确性。将举行几次讲习班，并将使用一个专门的商业模式和出版物网站来传播结果和调查结果。这个项目将是朝着可持续和有效的全面商业模式发展的第一步，它将被工程教育界的其他成员广泛使用。增加工程专业学生的数量和多样性对于提供未来所需的技术劳动力是必要的。该项目将采取措施，从商业模式的角度了解影响留校率和毕业率的因素，该模式将与K-12、高等教育和商业/行业合作伙伴合作开发。

This exploratory effort at Savannah State University will develop and test the framework of an innovative Business of Engineering Education Model (BEEM) which facilitates understanding and measuring the impacts of teaching, mentoring, and advisement upon student outcomes such as retention, graduation, and career success. After research to develop the model is complete, a pilot test of the model will be conducted for a selected number of K-12 middle and high school students, engineering faculty, and engineering students at the freshman and sophomore levels. Data from the pilot test will be compared to model predictions to test the accuracy of the model. Several workshops will be held, and dissemination of results and findings will use a dedicated web site for the business model and publications. This project will be the first step toward the development of a sustainable and effective full-scale business model that will be available for widespread use by other members of the engineering education community. Increasing the number and diversity of engineering students is necessary to provide the technical workforce needed for the future. This project will take steps toward understanding factors that influence retention and graduation rates from a business model perspective which will be developed in collaboration with K-12, higher education, and business/industry partners.