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Direct linkWrighting, Diedra M.; Dombach, Jamie; Walker, Mike; Cook, Jenene; Duncan, Marlina; Ruiz, Gisselle Velez; Colón-Carmona, Adán; Birren, Bruce – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
The historic underrepresentation of women, certain racial and ethnic minorities, and members of other marginalized groups in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) reflects a disproportionate exit of individuals from these academic and career paths due to both environmental and personal factors. To transition…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Academic Persistence
Download full textDonmez, H. Mustafa; Hakan, Ayhan – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2019
This study aimed to evaluate the Public Relations and Publicity associate degree distance program available to students through Open Education Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. The study used Erden's (1998) component-oriented model and a convergent mixed methods design employing an online questionnaire form. The study population included…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Public Relations
DeRocchis, Anthony M.; Michalenko, Ashley; Boucheron, Laura E.; Stochaj, Steven J. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This Innovative Practice Category Work In Progress paper presents an application of machine learning and data mining to student performance data in an undergraduate electrical engineering program. We are developing an analytical approach to enhance retention in the program especially among underrepresented groups. Our approach will provide…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Data Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Artificial Intelligence
Goldey, Ellen S.; Abercrombie, Clarence L.; Ivy, Tracie M.; Kusher, Dave I.; Moeller, John F.; Rayner, Doug A.; Smith, Charles F.; Spivey, Natalie W. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
We transformed our first-year curriculum in biology with a new course, Biological Inquiry, in which greater than 50% of all incoming, first-year students enroll. The course replaced a traditional, content-driven course that relied on outdated approaches to teaching and learning. We diversified pedagogical practices by adopting guided inquiry in…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Teaching Methods, Biology, Undergraduate Study
Daughtry, Leslie M. – 1992
To address the needs of African American students at Beaver College in Glenside (Pennsylvania), a one-credit freshman orientation course on Afrocentricity was developed. The course was intended to increase the comfort level between the institution and its culturally diverse students and add additional support for increased retention of African…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History
Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1981
An Orientation/Self-Management course was developed at Mercy College, Detroit, to reduce the high attrition rate (95%) among conditionally admitted full-time (CAFT) students, i.e., those admitted with less than a "C" average upon high school graduation. The course focused on the student as an adult, vital, growing, and independent person; the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
