Best practices in recruiting and persistence of underrepresented minorities in engineering: A 2002 snapshot

Youngman, J.A.; Egelhoff, C.J.

doi:10.1109/fie.2003.1264705

Cited by 13 publications

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“…Although URM students are not the focus of this study, it is important to note that both women and URM students are differentially served by different institutions of higher education. Some institutions are better than others at recruiting and retaining women and URM students [55][56][57].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Considering Context: A Study of First‐Year Engineering Students

Kilgore

Atman

Yasuhara

et al. 2007

J of Engineering Edu

143

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High-quality engineering design requires an understanding of how the resulting engineered artifact interacts with society, the natural environment, and other aspects of context. This study examines how first-year engineering undergraduates approached two engineering design tasks. We focused on how much students considered contextual factors during problem-scoping, a critical part of the design process. As part of a larger, longitudinal study, we collected data from 160 students at four U.S. institutions. Students varied in their consideration of each design task's context, and women's responses were more likely to be context-oriented than men's. Overall, context-orientation was positively correlated between the two design tasks, despite differences in data collection and analysis. Having found that beginning engineering students, particularly women, are sensitive to important contextual factors, we suggest that efforts to broaden participation in engineering should consider legitimizing and fostering context-oriented approaches to engineering earlier in the curriculum.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Considering Context: A Study of First‐Year Engineering Students

Kilgore

Atman

Yasuhara

et al. 2007

J of Engineering Edu

143

132

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“…Ohland et al show that while engineering retains to the 8 th semester nearly 60% of the students who begin in engineering, only 7% of first-time-in-college students who are in engineering in their 8 th semester of enrollment began their college careers outside engineering. 1 Many programs have been put in place to recruit students into engineering from underrepresented groups, 2,3 but fewer programs exist to recruit from among students already enrolled in universities and the nature of the engineering curriculum makes it difficult for many students to switch into engineering once they have chosen a different academic pathway.…”

Section: The Accidental Engineermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Accidental Engineer

Brawner

Orr

Ohland

2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor's degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former treasurer of Research Triangle Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the American Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their undergraduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, transfers, and matriculation models in engineering.

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“…In model A, the strategy is to attract academically "qualified" minorities who have the desired standardized test scores, GPAs, and curriculum experiences in mathematics. In model B, the strategy is to recruit "educationally disadvantaged" students who have demonstrated the aptitude and attitude to succeed 25 .…”

Section: Admission Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%