retention and recruitment of women in computer engineering robert akl and ryan garlick
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Retention and Recruitment of Women in Computer EngineeringRobert Akl and Ryan Garlick
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University of North Texas Denton, TX ICEE Paper 3318 Sponsored by the Texas
Technology Workforce Development Grant Program (2005)
Recruiting and Retention Strategies for Computer Science and Engineering at UNT
Goals
Attracting more women to Computer Science and Engineering degree programs and retaining them once they are there.
Only 17% of 2003 - 2004 Computer Science and Computer Engineering degrees awarded to Women [1]
Strategy
1. Summer Robotics Camps
2. Ambassadors Cohort
3. Mentors Cohort
1. Robo-Camp
One-week camps for women in grades 9-11
Mobile labs allowed camps at multiple locations
Expanding reach to underserved regions
Ethnically diverse South-Dallas campus
1. Robo-Camp
1. Robo-Camp
BOE-BOT (click for more info) Problem-based learning
approaches, similar to [2] Problem Analysis System Design Construction Programming
Emergent Behavior: Students’ attached pens and programmed the robots to draw - RoboArt
1. Robo-Art
News Coverage
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2. Ambassadors
CSEagles Ambassador Program Instrumental in Recruitment and
Retention
2. Ambassadors Accompany faculty on recruiting
visits to high schools Serve as hosts during
prospective student visits Serve as mentors for easing the
transition into CSE Astin[3] maintains that a
student’s peer group is the single most potent source of influence for enhancing student learning and personal development
3. Mentors
Upper-level undergraduates Maintain hours in the Help Clinic Building a sense of community Introduce Activities such as the
Society of Women Engineers
Evaluation
1. How do students rate the activities
2. How do instructors, mentors, and cohorts view the usefulness of their activities or participation
Maintaining statistics on recruitment and retention rates
Will have statistics at the conclusion of future programs
Evaluation
Follow our progress:
RoboCamp 2006 homepage
Sources
[1] 2003-2004 Taulbee Survey[2] Duch, B., Groh, S., and Allen, D.
The Power of Problem-Based Learning. 2001.
[3] Astin, A., What matters in college: Four critical years revisited. 1993