Transcript Recruiting Today's Engineering Students to Become Tomorrow

Recruiting Today's
Engineering Students
to Become
Tomorrow's Teachers
Session 1.12
9:15 - 10:30 AM
 Dr. Tesfay Meressi: Co-PI Noyce TF/MTF Grant School of
Engineering, UMass-Dartmouth
 Dr. Patricia Trina Crowley: PI Noyce Scholar’s Grant ~The Center for
University, School & Community Partnerships (CUSP), School of
Education, Public Policy & Civic Engagement (SEPPCE), UMassDartmouth
 Kym Welty: NSF/NOYCE Programs Coordinator ~CUSP, SEPPCE,
UMass-Dartmouth
 Justin Mare & Matt Huberman: Current NOYCE SCHOLARS
at UMass-Dartmouth
School of Engineering
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Overwhelming majority of UMD Engineering students come from MA high
schools. Only 17 out of 293 are from other states.
71% Engineering freshman stay for second year
 8% Change major

21% Left for various reasons---academic dismissal, etc.
UMD School of Engineering
6 year Graduation Rate: 32%
32% of students who entered as UMD
Engineering freshman graduate within 6 years.

Of those 32%: 35% come from out of state
17% graduate within 6 years from UMD with
another degree.
51% Left UMD or take longer than six years.
UMD School of Engineering six-year graduation rate is 32%
What is the PROBLEM?
 UMD
NOYCE efforts to recruit STEM
candidates from the engineering school
have been difficult.
 Few
engineering students in the pool of
possible NOYCE recruits have
expressed an interest in teaching as a
profession.
What Do Our Candidates Say?

Noyce candidates have told us that they were not
prepared for entry level engineering content material
and had a superficial and inaccurate concept of what
engineering entailed
Ratio of Males/Females
Attending Information Sessions
2009-10
8
Overall: 2008-12
Male,
28
2010-11
Female
7
Female,
48
Female
12
Male
2011-12
Female
6
Male
7
Male
Female
Male
16
Male
Female
Ratio of STEM Majors
Attending Information Sessions
2008-09
2009-10
Math
Math
Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Chemistry
Overall: 2008-12
MLS
MLS
ENG
ENG
Computer
Math
Physics
Biology
non-STEM
Chemistry
Computer
Physics
non-STEM
MLS
ENG
Computer
Physics
2010-11
non-STEM
2011-12
Math
Math
Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Chemistry
MLS
MLS
ENG
ENG
Computer
Computer
Physics
Physics
non-STEM
non-STEM
Makeup of Noyce
Scholar Cohorts
Physics
Over Past Four
1
Years
Math
6
55%
9%
(Eleven
NoyceBiology
4
Scholars)
36%
Biology
Math
Physics
What Do We Hope to Do Today?
 To Provide the structure for sharing
informative and interesting points about our
program in relation to other programs.
To answer the following 3 questions with
the freedom to add your own comments
anytime throughout the hour.
Questions for Discussion
1) How can we attract high
school students into
engineering programs of
study?
Question and Points for Discussion
2) How can we prepare high school students for
entry- level engineering courses of study?
Point for discussion: What courses and content
material do engineering students need to know in
order to transition successfully?
 Point for discussion: How might engineering
graduates inform high school level efforts to
develop programs aligned with college entry-level
expectations
Participants?
3) How might we recruit more
engineering graduates into
the NOYCE SCHOLARS
PROGRAM?
Focus Questions for Discussion
1) How can we attract high school students into
engineering programs of study?
2) How can we prepare high school students for entrylevel engineering courses of study?
Point for discussion: What courses and content
material do engineering students need to know in order to
transition successfully?
 Point for discussion: How might engineering graduates
inform high school level efforts to develop programs
aligned with college entry-level expectations.
3) How might we recruit more engineering graduates into
the NOYCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM?
Thank you!
Please contact us with feedback or
points of interest regarding your own
program’s recruitment efforts to attract
engineering candidates into NOYCE
Programs.
Contact Information
• Dr. Tesfay Meressi [email protected]
• Dr. PatriciaTrina Crowley [email protected]
• Kym Welty [email protected]
• Justin Mare [email protected]
• Matt Huberman [email protected]