Integration Of Electronics, Math, And English And Its Impact On Retention

Abstract

At present, three forces are converging: 1) industry must compete globally in a rapidly changing technology, 2) the nature of the workforce is changing; new employees will be older and ethnically diverse, and will include more women, 3) the basic mathematical and communication skills of incoming students are steadily declining. The project is concerned with preparing underprepared students for the technical workforce in an environment of globalization, rapidly changing technology, and the declining of basic skills (communication and mathematics) of incoming students.