recruiting today's engineering students to become tomorrow's teachers session 1.12 9:15 -...
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Recruiting Today's Engineering Students
to Become Tomorrow's TeachersSession 1.12
9:15 - 10:30 AM
Who Are We?
Dr. Tesfay Meressi: Co-PI Noyce TF/MTF Grant School of Engineering, UMass-Dartmouth
Dr. Patricia Trina Crowley: PI Noyce Scholar’s Grant ~The Center for University, School & Community Partnerships (CUSP), School of Education, Public Policy & Civic Engagement (SEPPCE), UMass-Dartmouth
Kym Welty: NSF/NOYCE Programs Coordinator ~CUSP, SEPPCE, UMass-Dartmouth
Justin Mare & Matt Huberman: Current NOYCE SCHOLARS at UMass-Dartmouth
School of Engineering University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Overwhelming majority of UMD Engineering students come from MA high schools. Only 17 out of 293 are from other states.
71% Engineering freshman stay for second year
8% Change major 21% Left for various reasons---academic dismissal, etc.
UMD School of Engineering
6 year Graduation Rate: 32%
32% of students who entered as UMD Engineering freshman graduate within 6 years.
Of those 32%: 35% come from out of state
17% graduate within 6 years from UMD with another degree.
51% Left UMD or take longer than six years.
UMD School of Engineering six-year graduation rate is 32%
What is the PROBLEM?
UMD NOYCE efforts to recruit STEM candidates from the engineering school have been difficult.
Few engineering students in the pool of possible NOYCE recruits have expressed an interest in teaching as a profession.
Noyce candidates have told us that they
were not prepared for entry level
engineering content material and had a
superficial and inaccurate concept of what
engineering entailed
What Do Our Candidates Say?
7
Female13
2008-09Male
Female
Ratio of Males/Females Attending Information Sessions
8
12
2009-10
MaleFemale
Male7
Fe-male
7
2010-11
MaleFemale
6
16
2011-12
MaleFemale
Male; 28
Female; 48
Overall: 2008-12
Male
Female
Ratio of STEM Majors Attending Information Sessions
2008-09Math
Biology
Chemistry
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
2009-10Math
Biology
Chemistry
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
2010-11Math
Biology
Chemistry
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
2011-12Math
Biology
Chemistry
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
Overall: 2008-12Math
Biology
Chemistry
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
Makeup of Noyce Scholar Cohorts Over Past Four
Years(Eleven Noyce Scholars)
Biology4
36%
Math6
55%
Physics1
9%
BiologyMathPhysics
What Do We Hope to Do Today?
To Provide the structure for sharing informative and interesting points about our program in relation to other programs.
To answer the following 3 questions with the freedom to add your own comments anytime throughout the hour.
Questions for Discussion
1) How can we attract high school students into engineering programs of study?
Question and Points for Discussion
2) How can we prepare high school students for entry- level engineering courses of study?
Point for discussion: What courses and content material do engineering students need to know in order to transition successfully?
Point for discussion: How might engineering graduates inform high school level efforts to develop programs aligned with college entry-level expectations
Participants?
3) How might we recruit more engineering graduates into the NOYCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM?
Focus Questions for Discussion
1) How can we attract high school students into engineering programs of study?
2) How can we prepare high school students for entry- level engineering courses of study?
Point for discussion: What courses and content material do engineering students need to
know in order to transition successfully?
Point for discussion: How might engineering graduates inform high school level efforts to develop programs aligned with college entry-level expectations.
3) How might we recruit more engineering graduates into the NOYCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM?
Thank you!
Please contact us with feedback or
points of interest regarding your own
program’s recruitment efforts to attract
engineering candidates into NOYCE
Programs.
Contact Information• Dr. Tesfay Meressi [email protected]
• Dr. PatriciaTrina Crowley [email protected]
• Kym Welty [email protected]
• Justin Mare [email protected]
• Matt Huberman [email protected]