Critical support for upper division Transfer Students in engineering and computer science

Author

Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.

Author_Institution

Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1891

Lastpage

1897

Abstract

A Motivated Engineering Transfer Students (METS) Program at Arizona State University (ASU) was established to aid the transition, retention, and graduation of engineering and computer science community college transfer students. The METS Program provides critical support in the form of an Academic Success and Professional Development (ASAP) Class and a METS Center to help provide academic and social support, as well as scholarships. In this paper, we look specifically at the impact of the METS Center for transfer students and the impact on transfer students of the $4K per year scholarship funded by NSF grants.

Keywords

computer science education; educational institutions; engineering education; student experiments; ASAP class; ASU; Academic Success and Professional Development; Arizona State University; METS program; computer science; critical support; motivated engineering transfer students; upper division transfer students; Communities; Educational institutions; Scholarships; Three-dimensional displays; Academic Scholarship Program; Professional Development; Scholarships; Transfer Center; Transfer Students;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oklahoma City, OK

ISSN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2013.6685164

Filename

6685164