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What Does It Mean To "Be A Biomedical Engineer?": Program Influences On Student & Faculty Perspectives About The Discipline, Ethan Geheb
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The engineering student educational experience is commonly assumed to be homogenous; however engineering disciplines have been characterized as having unique cultures and traditions. Previous studies have observed that how engineering students act, communicate, and ultimately see themselves as engineers, is dependent on localized sociocultural factors in which learning and engineering work takes place. In addition, the enculturation processes of undergraduate students within domain-specific engineering programs are distinct to individual engineering domains based on the needs, knowledge, and practices of associated professional domains. However, there is a lack of investigations regarding the ways in which members (students, faculty) experience and engage …
Community College Engineering Degree Partnerships With 4-Year Universities, Jeffrey Mark Stear
Community College Engineering Degree Partnerships With 4-Year Universities, Jeffrey Mark Stear
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Increasing the number of STEM professionals and reducing inequities in STEM are national priorities. Community colleges are important to address these concerns because they represent a higher percentage of underrepresented minority (URM) and women students. However, students starting 4-year STEM degrees in community college have had a lower completion rate. Partnerships between community colleges and 4-year universities have the potential to improve success for community college students, but more research is necessary. The purpose of this ex post facto, quantitative, correlational study was to determine the relationships among participation in different types of partnerships between community colleges and 4-year universities, …