Work in progress — Programs for recruitment and retention of STEM majors

Author

Bachnak, Rafic ; Goonatilake, Rohitha ; Chappa, Eduardo ; Kim, Young-Man

Author_Institution

Texas A&M Int. Univ., FL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2010

Abstract

This paper describes a new program, STEM Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation (STEM-RRG), geared toward increasing the number of low-income minority students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields. STEM-RRG consists of several projects that implement a number of activities, including enrichment programs, scholarships, internships, research experiences, mentoring and tutoring, advising and career counseling, experiential training, recruitment of high-potential students, and faculty professional development. The paper will briefly describe the overall program and present details about two projects: (a) Pre-engineering Cohort, and (b) Mathematics Enrichment Project.

Keywords

physics education; advising; career counseling; enrichment programs; experiential training; faculty professional development; internships; low-income minority students; mathematics enrichment project; mentoring; preengineering cohort; recruitment; research experiences; scholarships; tutoring; Conferences; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Mathematics; Problem-solving; Recruitment; STEM; minority students; recruitment; retention;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6261-2

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2010.5673265

Filename

5673265