Transcript The Pathway to Academic Excellence and Diversity is Wide
The pathway to academic excellence and diversity is wide enough for transfers
Mehdi Shadaram and Kristi Meyer Center for Excellence in Engineering Education University of Texas at San Antonio
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Center for Excellence in Engineering Education Mehdi Shadaram, PhD, PE
Briscoe Distinguished Professor Associate Dean of Engineering
Kristi Meyer, MA
Senior Retention and Graduation Analyst Interim Director The Graduation Initiative
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Today’s objectives
• The University of Texas at San Antonio and the College of Engineering • Current trends in university admissions • COE admissions requirements • Diversity in freshmen • Diversity in transfers • Academic preparation – MATH • Benefits, challenges, and making it work for transfers
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UTSA
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College of Engineering
• Division of Engineering established in Fall 1982 • BS degrees in CE, EE, ME • Curriculum built on existing applied science courses • Approximately 400 students • First BS Degree Awards in 1984 (12 EE, 1 ME) • First ABET Accreditation1987 • College of Engineering established in Fall 2000 (Before 2000: College of Science and Engineering)
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College of Engineering Today
• 4 Departments • BME, CE, ECE, ME • 4 Undergraduate Degrees • CE, EE, Comp E, ME • 6 Masters Degrees • BME, CE, Comp E, EE, ME, MFG • 4 Ph.D. Degrees • EE, BME (with UTHSCSA), Envir Sci and CE, and ME
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University Admissions
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University Admissions
2005-2007 Freshman Admission Requirements High School Rank-in Class
Top 10% Top 25% (not in top 10%) Second 25% Third 25% Fourth 25% GED, non-ranking or unaccredited high school
Minimum Combined SAT Math and Critical Reading Minimum Total Composite ACT Score
No minimum required No minimum required 830 870 920 970 17 18 19 20 970 20
2007-2010 Freshman Admission Requirements High School Rank-in Class
Top 25% Second 25% Third 25% Fourth 25% GED, non-ranking or unaccredited high school, or home school
Minimum Combined SAT Math & Critical Reading
Guaranteed Admission Guaranteed Admission Source: UTSA Office of the Registrar 920 970 1020 1020
Minimum Total Composite ACT Score
19 20 21 21
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University Admissions
2011 First-Time Freshman Admission Requirements High School Rank-in-Class
Top 25% Second 25% Third 25% Fourth 25% Unaccredited High School, Home Schooled, Non-Ranking High School
Minimum Combined SAT Math & Critical Reading
Guaranteed Admission 960 Individual Review Individual Review Individual Review Source: UTSA Office of Admissions
Minimum Total Composite ACT Score
Guaranteed Admission 20 Individual Review Individual Review Individual Review
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Transfer Admissions
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Source: UTSA Office of Admissions
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Fall 2005
UTSA New Freshman Acceptance Rates
Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 99.4% 90.8% 93.0% 88.0% 86.9% Source: UTSA Office of Institutional Research
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UTSA Freshman Acceptance Rates by Ethnicity
Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009
White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander Am. Indian or Alaskan Native International Unknown 99.8% 99.4% 99.7% 99.3% 100.0% 85.6% 95.1% 81.9% 88.3% 94.8% 87.9% 86.6% Source: UTSA Office of Institutional Research 96.5% 83.7% 91.5% 96.0% 96.4% 88.5% 93.4% 78.3% 85.3% 92.4% 95.2% 81.9% 92.9% 75.6% 84.1% 92.2% 82.5% 91.8% 71.4%
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UTSA New Transfer Students by Ethnicity
Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic 40.2% 7.6% 40.7% 6.8% 39.7% 5.9% 39.0% 7.4% Fall 2009 36.6% 8.7% Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander 45.4% 3.8% 46.0% 4.5% Am. Indian or Alaskan Native International 0.5% 2.4% 0.6% 1.4% Source: UTSA Office of Institutional Research 47.8% 3.8% 0.5% 2.3% 46.0% 5.3% 0.4% 1.8% 46.8% 4.7% 0.7% 2.6%
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College of Engineering New Freshman by Ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander Am. Indian or Alaskan Native Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 44.2% 7.1% 36.4% 9.9% 43.4% 9.8% 32.9% 10.0% 0.8% 41.9% 7.5% 36.0% 8.4% 0.7% International 2.4% 2.8% Unknown 0.3% Source: UTSA Office of Institutional Research 5.7% 39.4% 8.5% 36.9% 11.3% 0.7% 3.2% 37.3% 9.7% 37.6% 10.3% 4.6% 0.5%
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COE Admissions Eligibility to declare a major in the COE is based on math placement
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COE Admissions
Fall 2008 and earlier
No major specific requirements
Fall 2009 and later
Must be eligible to register for Algebra for Scientists and Engineers or Pre-Calculus to declare Pre-Engineering and stay in the COE Must be eligible to register for Calculus I to declare a specific Engineering major (CE, ME, EE, Comp E)
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COE Admission Rates
Fall 2008 and earlier
All students admitted to UTSA who wanted to declare a major in COE were able to declare a COE major.
Fall 2009 and later 10% - Direct entrance into COE major 80% - Pre-Engineering 10% - Not eligible for entrance into COE NISTS Creating Pathways for STEM Transfer Student Success 17
How do we maintain the diversity we want while increasing standards?
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One key component: Transfer Students!
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Student profile for COE majors, Fall 2009
# % # transfers % transfer Avg Avg Avg SAT transfer UTSA at entry GPA GPA Avg cum GPA Cum Hours Earned Amer Indian or Alaskan Nat 5 0% 2 40% 1097 3.54
2.91
2.92
86 Asian or Pacific Islander Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic International Unknown White Non-Hispanic Total Female Male 148 145 799 115 2 737 1951 233 1718 8% 7% 41% 6% 0% 38% 100% 12% 88% 34 29 273 39 0 266 643 70 573 23% 20% 34% 34% 0% 36% 33% 30% 33% 1077 1025 1040 1039 950 1117 1071 1040 1075 2.30
2.31
2.51
2.19
3.27
2.43
2.44
2.56
2.42
2.61
2.45
2.48
2.92
2.75
2.61
2.65
2.61
2.44
2.41
2.54
2.74
3.27
2.65
2.58
2.69
2.57
65 64 77 69 11 72 73 76 73 Source: UTSA Office of Institutional Research
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Transfer students enhance diversity without compromising academic excellence
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COE transfer students at UTSA consistently outpace new freshmen in math placement AND consistently maintain higher 3-point GPAs.
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Benefits of transfer beyond diversity
•Maturity, real world experience •Motivated students •Determined students •Focused students •Better understanding of “college knowledge” •
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Challenges with transfer students
•Conflicting priorities: work, family, school •Scheduling and course sequencing can be difficult •Need for more evening, weekend, summer, and online options •Prerequisites •Difficult to find full time schedule due to classes being taken out of the preferred order •New level of academic rigor and larger classes
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How has UTSA created such a strong transfer population?
•Strong ties with the community colleges, especially faculty : faculty •Strong articulation agreements •Clearly defined and easily understood requirements •Widely published standards •Strong academic advising •Expanded course availability •Enhanced tutoring for classes beyond the gateways •Financial support for transfers, not just new freshman
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Rethink the “pipeline” to a diverse and academically excellent population Expand how you think about the pipeline from primary education secondary education university
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primary education secondary education community college university
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Contact Information
Kristi Meyer
210-458-6787
This research is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Engineering Education (CE 3 ) 09/20/2010 NISTS Creating Pathways for STEM Transfer Student Success 27