The engineering admissions partnership program: a navigation strategy for community college students seeking a pathway into engineering

• Autores: Marcia Laugerman, Mack Shelley, Steve Mickelson, Diane Rover
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 29, no. 5, 2013, págs. 1260-1269
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper presents the evaluation of a program designed to improve transfer outcomes for community college students pursuingan engineering degree. The program, the Engineering Admissions Partnership Program (E-APP), was designed to improve thenavigational success of community college transfer students through connections to the university. These connections includecoordinated academic advising, peer-mentoring, campus visits, and online social and professional networks. The objective of thestudy is to determine the efficacy of the E-APP and its interventions, which will be measured by increased participation rates andincreased university retention rates for E-APP participants. Outcome data for the students are analyzed statistically for significantdifferences between the quasi-experimental groups (E-APP or not E-APP), matched based on Math ACT scores. The results showsignificant improvement in first-year retention rates for E-APP participants. The results of this study are both transferrable andscalable. This research may help increase the success of community college transfers to engineering through developing andimplementing similar navigational programs across the country.