Strategies for Developing, Expanding, and Strengthening Community College Engineering Transfer Programs

Enriquez, Amelito G; Langhoff, Nicholas; Dunmire, Erik N; Rebold, Thomas; Pong, Wenshen

doi:10.18260/1-2--30995

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“…This is another area where partnerships between 2-and 4-year institutions as well as industry will be critical (NASEM, 2018). An example of how this might work for data science can be seen in the strategies outlined in Enriquez et al (2018a) for engineering transfer programs.…”

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Data Science Transfer Pathways From Associate’s to Bachelor’s Programs

Baumer

Horton

2023

Harvard Data Science Review

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A substantial fraction of students who complete their college education at a public university in the United States begin their journey at one of the 935 public 2-year colleges. While the number of 4-year colleges offering bachelor's degrees in data science continues to increase, data science instruction at many 2-year colleges lags behind. A major impediment is the relative paucity of introductory data science courses that serve multiple student audiences and can easily transfer. In addition, the lack of predefined transfer pathways (or articulation agreements) for data science creates a growing disconnect that leaves students who want to study data science at a disadvantage. We describe opportunities and barriers to data science transfer pathways. Five points of curricular friction merit attention: 1) a first course in data science, 2) a second course in data science, 3) a course in scientific computing, data science workflow, and/or reproducible computing, 4) lab sciences, and 5) navigating communication, ethics, and application domain requirements in the context of general education and liberal arts course mappings. We catalog existing transfer pathways, efforts to align curricula across institutions, obstacles to overcome with minimally disruptive solutions, and approaches to foster these pathways. Improvements in these areas are critically important to ensure that a broad and diverse set of students are able to engage and succeed in undergraduate data science programs.

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“…While the scale of the California systemwhich includes both the UC and Cal State constellations-provides obvious challenges, there have been encouraging developments. Models for addressing similar challenges in related disciplines (e.g., engineering) exist (Enriquez et al, 2018b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Data Science Transfer Pathways From Associate’s to Bachelor’s Programs

Baumer

Horton

2023

Harvard Data Science Review

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“…The program enrolled underclassmen from the TAMUK COE and potential engineering transfer students from nearby community colleges and universities. Extracurricular Bridging Programs identified as a student success strategy by other engineering colleges served as an impetus for the SBP in an NSF IUSE grant [1][2][3]. The intent of this paper is to share the results of the third annual SBP in the NSF IUSE grant implemented at TAMUK, and to inform and solicit feedback from other undergraduate engineering education experts.…”

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confidence: 99%

Work in Progress: Design Activities in a Summer Engineering Program Implemented in Both Virtual and Hybrid Modality

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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is the Co-founder and Lead Consultant for Exquiri Consulting, LLC. His primary focus is providing assistance to grant project teams in planning and development, through external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his work is on STEM education and advancement projects and completed for Minority-Serving Institutions. He also conducts research regarding higher education focused on the needs and interests of underserved populations and advancing understanding of Minority-Serving Institutions.

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“…The program enrolled underclassmen from the TAMUK COE and potential engineering transfer students from nearby community colleges and universities. Extracurricular Bridging Programs identified as a student success strategy by other engineering colleges served as an impetus for the SBP in an NSF IUSE grant [1][2][3]. The intent of this paper is to share the results of the second annual virtual SBP in the NSF IUSE grant at TAMUK, and to inform and solicit feedback from other undergraduate engineering education experts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%