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At-Risk Freshmen Student Retention After Stem Intervention, Edna Orozco, George Padilla
At-Risk Freshmen Student Retention After Stem Intervention, Edna Orozco, George Padilla
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Background: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas are one of the fastest-growing majors in the nation. Engineering is projected to add the second largest number of new jobs from 2016 to 2026 with 140,000 new jobs (Torpey, 2018).According to the National Center for Education Statistics despite all the research done throughout decades to improve the issue of retention in STEM areas about half of the students who pursue a degree in STEM will either leave or change majors.
Purpose: This study aimed to sample at-risk college freshmen students from the College of Engineering & Computer Science, to describe and …