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International
Engineering Program Overview
Transfer Plan Agreements - from Community Colleges to
URI 's International Engineering Program
Lexington, KY Nov. 6-9, 2013
Dr. Sigrid Berka
Executive Director
[email protected]
International Engineering @ URI
• 5-year Dual Bachelor
Degree
• B.S. in an engineering
discipline
• B.A. in foreign language
• Semester study abroad
• 6-month paid internship
abroad
Five-year Dual Degree Program
Bachelor of Science in
Engineering
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Biomedical
Chemical
Civil
Computer
Electrical
Industrial
Mechanical
Ocean
Five-year Dual Degree Program
Bachelor of Arts in
Foreign Language
Chinese
French
German
Spanish*
Italian
*Minor in Portuguese in
preparation
Senior Year:
Semester Abroad at a Partner University
China - Zhejiang University
France - Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Germany - TU-Braunschweig
Mexico - ITESM Monterrey & Toluca Campuses
Spain - Universidades de Zaragoza, Navarra, & Cantabria
Italy – Universidad de Calabria
Chile – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile* coming
soon
Filling the Pipeline
Transfer Plan Agreements
New this year:
• SUNY Adirondack Community College:
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From Two Year Engineering Science Association to engineering schools in
NY and selected other schools > Associate of Science transfer degree
From A.S. in Engineering Science to B.S. in engineering discipline (MCE,
CME, BME etc.)
From 1-2 yrs. of language courses to B.A. in CHN, FRN, GER, SPA
Existing transfer plans with:
• Community College Rhode Island
• Rhode Island College
Transfer Plan Agreements –
What’s in it for URI?
• Create more diversity in your program by offering a career path
for lower income students
• Fill the Pipeline with bright and motivated students
• Gain visibility for students who would normally not consider
continuing education at research university in different state
• Leverage engineering/language education preparation at CCs
• Leverage resources from within the State (CCRI/URI) and
between States (SUNY Adirondack, SUNY Rockford/URI)
What’s in it for Community Colleges?
• Open up career pathway for CC graduates
• Provide CC students an incentive and purpose to excel
– access to study abroad/company network
• CCs stand out if they align themselves with attractive
international programs at research universities
• CCs may attract more motivated students who choose
CC with IEP/URI in mind
• CCs can save resources by joining a partner who has
made the investment they cannot afford
What’s in it for both?
• At 2013 workshop, Clay Pell, Former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of International and Foreign Language
Education (IFLE) at Office of Postsecondary Education
(DOE) called for paradigm shift in funding policy:
“Funding RFPs from DOE will increasingly request
coordination & inclusion of underrepresented students
and institutions to integrate efforts”
Making it work
• Create course equivalencies and sequences for each
engineering major and each language major
• Create clear curriculum transfer plans for
the languages/ for engineering majors (handouts)
• Offer ways for "new-comers" to get started and for
late-comers to catch up (through summer schools
where they can bridge a whole year of courses)
Transferring from high school IEP track
• IEP is assisting NKHS to create a professional track
(engineering, health, business, digital design) which
leads directly to the IEP and other professional
programs at URI
• CCRI also offers blended learning opportunities for
highschoolers
• Industry involvement - local industry needs
A) engineering work force with language skills
B) multi-lingual manufacturing talent directly
recruited from high school
How to make it work?
• Upon graduation from high school:
– By incentivizing starting "high" ( in Ger 205
receiving retroactive credit for Ger 104)
• While still at high school:
– By making university-level courses affordable
(e.g. URI Confucius Institute offered CHN 101
for high school students for $190 for 3 credits)
How did the NKHS/IEP track come about?
• German was threatened at NKSH ( only public school
in RI with a German program)
• Letter campaign from IEP and DOL representatives
• Business incubator meeting at Hexagon Metrology
convinced superintendents, World Language
Departments, principals and other stake holders in RI
that there is a need for a multi-lingual workforce right
in their neighborhood
Industry involvement
• Need for multilingual workforce right in Quonset
industrial Park, next to NKHS
• Example Supfina -- doubling its size and work force in
RI through recruitment of German IEP graduates
• German was not discontinued at NKHS, instead IEP
tracks were created – NKHS won RIDE grant
• Local companies offer workshops, job shadowing,
summer school scholarships for IEP/manufacturing
track
(the complete list of 80 companies are at
www.uri.edu/iep/iep_corp_partners)
Red denotes a RI, CT or MA Business Connection
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APC/Schneider Electric FIEP
BASF GIEP also TX, LA
Bayer GIEP & CIEP also PA
BMW GIEP also SC, NJ
Continental AG GIEP & CIEP
Daimler AG GIEP also OH, NC
Hasbro CIEP
Hexagon GIEP & CIEP
Hilti GIEP
IDOM SIEP
Lufthansa Technik AG GIEP
MTU Aero Eng GIEP
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Nokia Siemens CIEP
Pentair GIEP
SAP GIEP
Sensata SIEP & CIEP
Siemens AG GIEP also all 50 states
STMicroelectronics FIEP
Supfina Machine Co. GIEP
Toray Plastics America FIEP
Thyssen Krupp GIEP
TRW SIEP & GIEP
Volkswagen AG GIEP also TN
ZF Friedrichshafen AG GIEP
also IL
Career Path Ruben Auer CIEP & MCE ‘13
Summer after 3rd year
Internship with
Sensata Technologies
in Attleboro,
Massachusetts
Fall of 4th year
Studying mechanical
engineering at Zhejiang
University in Hangzhou
Spring of 4th year
Internship with
Sensata
Technologies in
Changzhou, China
5th year @ URI
Position at
Sensata
Technologies
2013
IEP Stats –Can CC pipeline help
improve diversity and spike enrollment?
318 (2012-13) ~ 400
Undergrad IEPers (2013-14)
~ 25% of all engineering
undergrads are IEP
~ 30 % are women
~ 16 % minority representation
~ 8% GIEP, 11% FIEP, 7 %
CIEP, 30 % SIEP
IEP Enrollment Over the Past 12 Years
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Chinese
Chinese
French
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French
Spanish
Spanish
German
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+6.00%
+7.91%
+9.45%
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+13.51%
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+8.25%
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Number of Students
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German
IEP video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em
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