| Autor: |
Vergara, Claudia Elena, Caldwell, Theodore Demetrius, Sticklen, Jon, Sivakumar, Subashini Nagendran, Foster, Kyle P., Lane, Tonisha Brandy, Caldwell Jr, Rickey Alfred, Henry, Lisa R. |
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Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition; 2014, p1-13, 13p |
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The College of Engineering (COE) at Michigan State University (MSU) has developed two programs that address impediments faced by students from economically disadvantaged areas. Students from low socio-economic areas are recruited by the Diversity Programs Office (DPO) to take part in a summer bridge experience that includes academic pre-classes and social network building. The capacity of the summer bridge program is 50 students per year. The program includes a rigorous set of math tutorials and focused work sessions - all done in the social context of a learning community. Most of the summer bridge students who matriculate to MSU in engineering will flow directly into the DPO Scholars Program (DPO-SP) program. Established in Fall 2009, DPO-SP is an academic yearlong program funded internally by MSU; it incorporates components and activities designed to provide a structured social and academic support system for academically at risk first year students. The structure of the program represents a successful model to retaining undergraduate engineering and more generally STEM students. In this paper we will describe the structure of the program and discuss our findings including the program evaluation results focusing on two main aspects, academic and social. We will present the short and long-term impacts that the program and its components have on participants, and discuss our efforts to extend the program to include other academic units within MSU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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