Engineering recruitment and retention: a successful bridge

Author

Anderson-Rowland, Mary R. ; Reyes, Maria A. ; McCartney, Mary Ann

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 Nov 1997

Firstpage

526

Abstract

Arizona State University´s (USA) Office of Minority Engineering Programs hosted a very unique Minority Engineering Program Summer Bridge Program to promote greater awareness of and recruit potential candidates to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The program content and curriculum were designed to prepare underrepresented ethnic minority students for educational success. This paper describes the program, the curriculum and the participant evaluations of the program. In addition, the paper discusses the setting for the program in the university and the need for it

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; prejudicial factors; professional aspects; teaching; Minority Engineering Programs; Summer Bridge Program; USA; curriculum; engineering education courses; ethnic minority students; programme content; student recruitment; student retention; university; Bridges; Buildings; Collaboration; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Professional communication; Recruitment; Scholarships; Web pages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.644940

Filename

644940