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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

2021

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Undergraduate Research In A Fully Online Engineering Program: Building The Framework Of Support, Emily Faulconer, Robert Deters, Brent Terwilliger Oct 2021

Undergraduate Research In A Fully Online Engineering Program: Building The Framework Of Support, Emily Faulconer, Robert Deters, Brent Terwilliger

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Undergraduate engineering programs often face low persistence and retention.

  • Females and ethnic minorities are underrepresented and show lower persistence
  • Certain minorities may be less likely to enroll in online programs
  • Lower persistence and retention in online students across disciplines

Undergraduate research may increase persistence and retention.

  • Online students likely underrepresented due to access limitations


Stem Education As A Vital Preventive Response To A Pandemic, Emily Faulconer, Katherine Baker, Oliver Grundmann, Sarah Haines, Tyra Hall-Pogar Apr 2021

Stem Education As A Vital Preventive Response To A Pandemic, Emily Faulconer, Katherine Baker, Oliver Grundmann, Sarah Haines, Tyra Hall-Pogar

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T he extraordinary work to develop feasible vaccines, effective medical treatments, and accurate epidemiological studies to alleviate the SARS-CoV2 pandemic would not have been possible without collaboration between academia, industry, government laboratories, and regulatory agencies that speak the common language researchers around the world know—science!