2009 Workshop on Best Practices for Recruitment and Transition of Engineering Students from Community Colleges to Four Year Institutions

摘要：提案编号0939974.标题：2009年关于从社区学院招收和过渡到四年制院校的工程专业学生的最佳做法的研讨会。主要研究员：Louis DaleThis提案是一项努力，旨在从社区学院招收更多的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族进入工程领域，并促进他们尽可能顺利地过渡到四年制院校。 这将通过参与路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）主要调查员和他们的社区学院合作伙伴在一个联合研讨会，旨在确定和审查“最佳实践”的招聘和过渡感兴趣的工程和科学的社区学院学生四年制机构。 该领域的专家沿着来自社区学院和四年制院校的学生、教师和管理人员将参加为期两天的密集对话，重点介绍全国各地的最佳做法。 将对讲习班进行评估，并将出版会议记录，与其他学院和大学管理人员分享这些调查结果。 这些努力的目标是增加进入四年制院校主修工程的社区学院学生的人数，特别是进入四年制LSAMP院校的学生。 参与者在拟议的研讨会中获得的经验将提高他们对代表性不足的学生的招聘和过渡的了解，并影响他们的教育计划。 拟议的讲习班将汇集社区学院招聘和大学转移和保留过程的重要方面的专家。 更广泛的影响-该项目扩大了四年制大学中代表性不足群体的参与，真实的前景是增加这些群体获得学士学位的人数。工程和科学的学士学位。 本项目的发现和理解将通过国家出版的研讨会论文集传播给其他专注于本科教育的机构和项目。 该项目有可能将社区大学招生的程序和做法提高到一个新的水平。多样性和外联项目主任国家科学基金会工程理事会威尔逊大道4201号，Suite 505NArlington，VA 22230 Tel：（703）292- 2149 Fax：（703）292- 9013 E-Mail：oelhakim@nsf.gov

Abstract: Proposal number 0939974.Title: 2009 Workshop on Best Practices for Recruitment and Transition of Engineering Students from Community Colleges to Four Year Institutions.Principal Investigator: Louis DaleThis proposal is an effort to recruit more women and underrepresented minorities into engineering fields from community colleges and to facilitate their transition to four year institutions as smooth as possible. This will be accomplished by involving the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) principal investigators and their community college partners in a joint workshop designed to identify and review "best practices" for the recruitment and transition of community college students interested in engineering and science to four year institutions. Experts in the field along with students, faculty and administrators from community colleges and four year institutions will be involved in two days of intensive dialogue highlighting best practices across the nation. An evaluation of the workshop will take place and the proceedings will be published to share these findings with other college and university administrators. The goal of these efforts is to increase the number of community college students entering four year institutions to major in engineering, particularly four year LSAMP institutions.Intellectual Merit - The project is an important step in advancing the knowledge of women and underrepresented minority students in engineering and science at the community college level through the recruitment process. The experiences gained by the participants in the proposed workshop will enhance their knowledge of the recruitment and transition of underrepresented students and impact their educational programs. The proposed workshop will assemble experts in important aspects of the community college recruitment and university transfer and retention process. Effective dissemination of the outcomes is an important aspect of the success of this project.Broader Impact - The project broadens participation of underrepresented groups in four year colleges with the real prospect of increasing the number of such groups attaining bachelor?s degrees in engineering and science. Discovery and understanding resulting from this project will be disseminated via a national publication of the workshop proceedings to other institutions and programs focusing on undergraduate education. The project has the potential for transforming the procedures and practices of community college recruitment to the next level.Omnia El-Hakim, Ph.D.-Program Director For Diversity and OutreachNational Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 505NArlington, VA 22230 Tel: (703) 292- 2149Fax: (703) 292- 9013E-Mail: oelhakim@nsf.gov