TY - GEN
T1 - The blurring of academic, cultural, and social borders for minority engineering students
AU - Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.
AU - Newell, Dana C.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In 2003 Arizona State University received a five-year block grant from the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering (NACME). The funding provides scholarships of up to $2,500 for underrepresented students with financial need. Qualified non-minority students have been included in the program during the past two years and are supported by other funding. The new freshmen NACME students are required to take a two-hour course in the fall and meet every other week for an hour during the spring semester. In subsequent semesters, the NACME scholars meet for an hour six times a semester. This paper will report on lessons learned during the three years of the program, on programming improvements (including an academic emphasis), and on the challenges of the program. The paper will also include the students' retention, GPAs, and evaluations of the program. To date, over 60 students have participated in the program. This program helps to blur the academic, cultural, and social borders that minority engineering students often face.
AB - In 2003 Arizona State University received a five-year block grant from the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering (NACME). The funding provides scholarships of up to $2,500 for underrepresented students with financial need. Qualified non-minority students have been included in the program during the past two years and are supported by other funding. The new freshmen NACME students are required to take a two-hour course in the fall and meet every other week for an hour during the spring semester. In subsequent semesters, the NACME scholars meet for an hour six times a semester. This paper will report on lessons learned during the three years of the program, on programming improvements (including an academic emphasis), and on the challenges of the program. The paper will also include the students' retention, GPAs, and evaluations of the program. To date, over 60 students have participated in the program. This program helps to blur the academic, cultural, and social borders that minority engineering students often face.
KW - Academic Scholarship Program
KW - Retention
KW - Undergraduate cohorts
KW - Underrepresented minority students
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322564
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2006.322564
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48749090950
SN - 1424402565
SN - 9781424402564
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 12
EP - 18
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 -