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View article: Faculty Perceptions of Black Students’ Experiences in STEM at HBCUs
Faculty Perceptions of Black Students’ Experiences in STEM at HBCUs Open
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the perception of STEM faculty of Black students’ successes and barriers in STEM attending a historically Black college or university (HBCU). A qualitative approach was used by conducting…
View article: Inequities in “Stuckness”: Exploring mobility patterns to higher ranked institutions from undergraduate to graduate school based on students’ race/ethnicity and first generation in college status
Inequities in “Stuckness”: Exploring mobility patterns to higher ranked institutions from undergraduate to graduate school based on students’ race/ethnicity and first generation in college status Open
Keywords: Graduate Race/Ethnicity 1st Generation Engineering and Computer Science There is a large literature demonstrating differential access to bachelor's degree programs in engineering and computer science based on an individual's race…
View article: Scientific Skill Acquisition and Identity of Visiting Scholars in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site
Scientific Skill Acquisition and Identity of Visiting Scholars in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site Open
This paper describes a preliminary analysis of a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site sponsored by the biomedical engineering department at a large public institution in the southwest United States.Data were compiled fr…
View article: A New Scale for Measuring Engineering Identity in Undergraduates
A New Scale for Measuring Engineering Identity in Undergraduates Open
Identity, or how people choose to define themselves, is gaining traction as an explanation for who pursues and persists in engineering.A number of quantitative studies have developed scales for predicting engineering identity in undergradu…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
The Journal publishes manuscripts in a wide variety of research areas in the field of engineering education: engineering epistemologies (what constitutes engineering thinking and knowledge), engineering learning mechanisms (how learners de…
View article: Sense of belonging in engineering and identity centrality among undergraduate students at Hispanic‐Serving Institutions
Sense of belonging in engineering and identity centrality among undergraduate students at Hispanic‐Serving Institutions Open
Background Retaining women and racially minoritized individuals in engineering programs has been a subject of widespread discussion and investigation. While the sense of belonging and its link to retention have been studied based on studen…
View article: The fallacy of “there are no candidates”: Institutional pathways of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino doctorate earners
The fallacy of “there are no candidates”: Institutional pathways of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino doctorate earners Open
Background Despite many initiatives to improve graduate student and faculty diversity in engineering, there has been little or no change in the percentage of people from racially minoritized backgrounds in either of these groups. Purpose/H…
View article: CRITICAL RESEARCH METHODS IN STEM HIGHER EDUCATION: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW
CRITICAL RESEARCH METHODS IN STEM HIGHER EDUCATION: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW Open
Critical theories and critical research methods have been applied extensively in higher education and in STEM K-12 education, but to a much lesser extent in STEM higher education settings. This state-of-the-art review synthesizes exemplar …
View article: Post-graduation Plans of Undergraduate BME Students: Gender, Self-efficacy, Value, and Identity Beliefs
Post-graduation Plans of Undergraduate BME Students: Gender, Self-efficacy, Value, and Identity Beliefs Open
This study investigates career intentions and students’ engineering attitudes in BME, with a focus on gender differences. Data from n = 716 undergraduate biomedical engineering students at a large public research institution in the United …
View article: EXAMINING THE GENDER GAP IN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION
EXAMINING THE GENDER GAP IN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION Open
Attracting women to the engineering profession has been a topic of ongoing discussion and examination. In light of perceptions of what it means to be an engineer, both male and female students are navigating and aligning their future caree…
View article: Makerspace Participation: Which Students Visit, Return, and Why?
Makerspace Participation: Which Students Visit, Return, and Why? Open
Makerspaces are becoming increasingly common facilities in engineering departments and universities across the country. Facility stakeholders, including students, professors, and university administration, hold many assumptions about the b…
View article: A quantitative study of intended post-graduation plans of undergraduate biomedical engineering students : assessing self-efficacy, value, and identity beliefs
A quantitative study of intended post-graduation plans of undergraduate biomedical engineering students : assessing self-efficacy, value, and identity beliefs Open
There has been a consistent call to action to attract talented individuals to help bolster the STEM workforce. Yet, the lack of diversity of students attracted to STEM and the inability to retain them in the profession persists. Among STEM…
View article: A Quantitative Pilot Study of Engineering Graduate Student Identity
A Quantitative Pilot Study of Engineering Graduate Student Identity Open
The aim of this research paper is to develop a multi-item survey instrument to assess and understand engineering graduate students’ identity. Individuals can develop multiple identities in the academic domain, and we anticipate that gradua…
View article: A Measure of Affect toward Key Elements of Engineering Professional Practice
A Measure of Affect toward Key Elements of Engineering Professional Practice Open
Identity, or how people choose to define themselves, is emerging as an attractive explanation for who persists in engineering. Many studies of engineering identity build off of prior work in math and science identity, emphasizing the acade…
View article: A New Scale for Measuring Engineering Identity in Undergraduates
A New Scale for Measuring Engineering Identity in Undergraduates Open
Identity, or how people choose to define themselves, is gaining traction as an explanation for who pursues and persists in engineering. A number of quantitative studies have developed scales for predicting engineering identity in undergrad…
View article: Predicting Persistence in Engineering through an Engineering Identity Scale
Predicting Persistence in Engineering through an Engineering Identity Scale Open
Identity is emerging as an underlying explanation for persistence in engineering, but few prior studies have directlymeasured the engineering identity of engineering students, nor compared it with observed persistence. Of these studies,the…
View article: A Review of the Literature Relevant to Engineering Identity
A Review of the Literature Relevant to Engineering Identity Open
The aim of this review is to summarize the use of identity in theory and practice in the existing literature and make suggestions for areas of future work in engineering education. Identity is complex, multi-faceted and changes over time. …
View article: Cross-sectional Survey Study of Undergraduate Engineering Identity
Cross-sectional Survey Study of Undergraduate Engineering Identity Open
Identity is an increasingly popular lens for studying recruitment and retention in engineering. Most of the research conducted on modeling student development of engineering identity and related contributing factors has examined high schoo…