TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating an academic scholarship program for engineering and computer science transfer students
AU - Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - An academic scholarship program for engineering and computer science transfer students, primarily from the community college, began in 2003. The CIRC/METS project - Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Community/Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars - is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to retain transfer students in engineering and computer science degree programs and further, to have them choose to attend graduate school right after completion of the Bachelor's degree or within a few years of working in industry. The program targets women and underrepresented minority students. This program works in cooperation with the Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars (METS) program, also funded by NSF, which informs and encourages community college students to choose engineering or computer science as a career. The CIRC/METS program, with six meetings per semester, helps the transfer student not only with a scholarship, but also with adjusting socially, academically, and making use of valuable resources. This paper will report on the results of four years of transfer students, since some transfer students were similarly supported for one year before the CIRC/METS funding began. To date nearly 50 students have participated in this successful program.
AB - An academic scholarship program for engineering and computer science transfer students, primarily from the community college, began in 2003. The CIRC/METS project - Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Community/Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars - is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to retain transfer students in engineering and computer science degree programs and further, to have them choose to attend graduate school right after completion of the Bachelor's degree or within a few years of working in industry. The program targets women and underrepresented minority students. This program works in cooperation with the Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars (METS) program, also funded by NSF, which informs and encourages community college students to choose engineering or computer science as a career. The CIRC/METS program, with six meetings per semester, helps the transfer student not only with a scholarship, but also with adjusting socially, academically, and making use of valuable resources. This paper will report on the results of four years of transfer students, since some transfer students were similarly supported for one year before the CIRC/METS funding began. To date nearly 50 students have participated in this successful program.
KW - Academic scholarship program
KW - Retention
KW - Transfer students
KW - Undergraduate cohorts
KW - Underrepresented minority students
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322554
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322554
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749126693
SN - 1424402565
SN - 9781424402564
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 18
EP - 25
BT - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Y2 - 28 October 2006 through 31 October 2006
ER -