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Lucietto, Anne; Buckner, Holden; Munguia, Antonia – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students' connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more prone to dropping out or transferring majors, especially in high-pressure engineering and polytechnic programs. In this article, we…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Graduation Rate, Females, Engineering Education
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Basavaraj, Prateek; Sedghi, Mahlagha; Garibay, Ivan; Ozmen Garibay, Ozlem; Guha, Arup Ratan – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Some degree programs in colleges and universities utilize entrance exams to ensure that students pursuing a given degree have mastered foundational concepts needed for that program. However, often these exams become a barrier to student success. The purpose of this study is to discuss the impact of policies governing an undergraduate…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Admission Criteria, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality
Judith Kom Nguiffo; Stephanie M. Werner – Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute, 2024
Computer science (CS) programs offered at 2-year institutions are important, as they could significantly impact disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes (i.e., equity gaps) for Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American, and low-income students. These groups have been historically marginalized in 4-year CS programs and often face…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, STEM Careers, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Judith Kom Nguiffo; Stephanie M. Werner – Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute, 2024
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall employment in computing-related occupations is projected to grow 15 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. Moreover, computing-related fields make up almost half of all STEM jobs in Illinois and employment in computing-related fields is more…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, STEM Careers, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Bares, William; Manaris, Bill; McCauley, Renée – Computer Science Education, 2018
Computing in the Arts (CITA) is an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree program, which integrates computer science with art theory and practice. We present a 6-year study that explores the impact of the CITA degree on broadening participation. We find that CITA attracts a different student population than traditional computer science degrees.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Computer Science Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Gender Differences
Rincon, Roberta M. – Texas Education Research Center, 2018
The purpose of this study was to identify demographic and contextual factors of women who transfer from a community college to a four-year university to complete their bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science (ECS) and determine if differences among these factors impact success. Using the data obtained from the Texas Education Research…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Womens Education, Females, Engineering Education
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Grandgenett, Neal; Thiele, Levi; Pensabene, Tom; McPeak, Brad – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This article describes the collaborative evolution of the Midwest Center for Information Technology (MCIT)--which is a consortium of 10 different community colleges across the four states of Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota--that was established to improve information technology (IT) education across the region. MCIT has been funded…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education, Career Academies
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Johnson, Angela – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Women are under-represented in physics, math and computer science. Intersectional analyses show why: Because the norms of typical departments fit the cultural skills of affluent White male students. This project, an ethnography of a liberal arts college with lots of women in these majors, is grounded in the activist roots of intersectionality. The…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Females, African American Students
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Lord, Susan M.; Layton, Richard A.; Ohland, Matthew W. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering (CpE) programs have similar curricula, but different demographics and student outcomes. This paper extends earlier longitudinal studies to a larger and more diverse dataset with 90,000 first-time-in-college and 26,000 transfer students who majored in engineering at USA institutions, including…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Computer Science Education, Outcomes of Education, Majors (Students)
Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The 2021 edition of the Annual Condition of Education Report (COE) marks the 32nd edition of the report. For over 30 years, the Department has published the COE in order to provide education stakeholders critical data about the status of Iowa's education system. The 2021 COE covers a wide variety of content including information about Iowa's…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, National Competency Tests, Enrollment Trends, Early Childhood Education
West, James B. – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2015
This report highlights the proportion of students who enroll in the community and technical colleges with intent to transfer, growth in the number of students completing coursework under transfer agreements designed to facilitate transfer to baccalaureate institutions without loss of credit, and continuous improvements in Washington's transfer…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Iowa Department of Education, 2020
For over 30 years, the Department has published the Annual Condition of Education (COE) report in order to provide education stakeholders quality information about the status of Iowa's education system. The 2020 COE covers a wide variety of content from information about Iowa's students, schools, educators, administrators, performance and school…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Balci Demirci, Birim – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
It is widely known that there are many schools in the private sector offering courses in Computer Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems and similar disciplines in addition to Universities presenting such courses. The private sector programs are extremely popular with students already studying at university as well as being of great…
Descriptors: Expertise, Private Sector, Online Courses, Training Methods
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Howles, Trudy – Computer Science Education, 2009
Student attrition and low graduation rates are critical problems in computer science education. Disappointing graduation rates and declining student interest have caught the attention of business leaders, researchers and universities. With weak graduation rates and little interest in scientific computing, many are concerned about the USA's ability…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Class Size, Graduation Rate, Programming
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Cox, G. W.; Hughes, W. E., Jr.; Etzkorn, L. H.; Weisskopf, M. E. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
This paper presents the results of an analysis of indicators that can be used to predict whether a student will succeed in a Computer Science Ph.D. program. The analysis was conducted by studying the records of 75 students who have been in the Computer Science Ph.D. program of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Seventy-seven variables were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Prediction, Computer Science Education, Doctoral Degrees