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The Freshman Learning Experience, Retention and Diversity

The Freshman Learning Experience, Retention and Diversity. The Freshman Learning Experience Objectives. Create learning-based peer networks Improve the academic success of first-year students Improve student retention from the freshman to sophomore year

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The Freshman Learning Experience, Retention and Diversity

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  1. The Freshman Learning Experience, Retention and Diversity

  2. The Freshman Learning Experience Objectives Create learning-based peer networks Improve the academic success of first-year students Improve student retention from the freshman to sophomore year Increase student satisfaction with the university Increase student-faculty interaction outside the classroom

  3. The Freshman Learning ExperienceProgrammatic Structure • Students enroll in 2-4 linked courses in Fall Semester • Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, English, or Engineering • Students share a living environment for a common residential experience, if desired • Major Faculty Member “teaches” a 1-credit course • Junior/Senior Major “leads” the 1-credit course • Students participate in out-of-class theme-based activities • Cultural • Interactive (Outdoor Pursuits Challenge Ropes Course)

  4. The Freshman Learning Experience Benefits OHIO Learning Community Benefits

  5. The Freshman Learning Experience Assessment • More comfortable talking to faculty in other courses • Developed friendships with other students • Other members encouraged them to do well academically • Improved study and time management skills • Was a comfortable place to ask questions • Increased knowledge of on-campus resources • Increased knowledge of academic support resources • Provided information regarding academic expectations

  6. The Freshman Learning Experience Assessment

  7. Fall 2013 Admitted Incoming Freshmen

  8. STEP 2013

  9. Civil Engineering Freshman Design • Develop creativity • Develop interest in Engineering Early on at Freshman level • Using a real world design project

  10. Typical Project- • Alternative solutions (different routes) for a road using contour maps.

  11. Female Students Wary of the Engineering Workplace Women feel less comfortable in engineering then men Women lack the Professional Role Confidence that men engineers acquire easily The further they get from the classroom, the more women don’t like the experience To large of a gap between the idea of what being an engineer and the practice of it Often relegated to female roles of note-taker, organizer or manager and don’t want to do this kind of work Susan Silbey, Professional Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering, American Sociological Review. http://www.cenews.com/post/1944/study__female_students_wary_of_the_engineering_workplace

  12. Female Alumni Group Connect female civil engineering students to female practitioner alumni Provide a Professional Role Model Provide a clear idea of what the profession entails

  13. Gender Distribution

  14. Ethnic Distribution

  15. What Other Ideas do We Have to: Improve the Freshman Experience, Improve Student Retention,Improve Diversity?

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