Accelerating & Diversifying the Engineering Transfer Path in the Community Colleges

1. Accelerating & Diversifying the Engineering Transfer Path in the Community Colleges Case Studies of Three Successful Programs

2. Colleges & Programs • East Los Angeles College (ELAC): Engineering Transfer Pathway Program (ETP) • Bootcamps in Math, Chemistry, and Physics • Junior Engineering & Technologies Academy (JETA) • Cañada College: Student On-ramp Leading to Engineering & Sciences (SOLES) • MathJam • Summer Engineering Institute at SFSU (SEI) • Cabrillo College: Science, Technology and Energy: Expanding Potential (STEEP) • Pre-Calculus Preparedness Seminar (PREP) • Summer Energy Laboratory Academy

3. ELAC Bootcamps Cañada MathJam Cabrillo PREP Math Preparation & Acceleration Programs

4. ELACBootcamps Location: East Los Angeles Subjects: Math, Chemistry, Physics Goal: • Reduce time to transfer by accelerating path through math and science sequence Schedule: • Summer and Winter Breaks • 5 weeks, 4-5 days/week Target: Freshmen students interested in STEM

5. ELACBootcamps cont. Components: • 3 different levels of math bootcamps as well asphysics and chemistry • Lectures • Tutoring • Online tutorials and homework • Math assessment and placement exams

6. ELACBootcamps cont. Duration: 2009-2011 (ongoing) Enrollment: 266 students Demographics: • 25%+ female • 69% URMs (African Americans & Latinos) Outcomes (Math): • Completion Rate = 68-78% • Pass Rate = 32-51% • 56-65% of completers moved to a higher level of math

7. ELAC Bootcamps cont. I want to take advantage of everything they have to offer before I move on to the next thing…ELAC is the only community college in the area that has an engineering program. You get a lot more attention from the professors there; everything there is small scale, more accessible. You can make friends that help you in your studies. Alexander ChauELAC Math Bootcamp

8. Cañada College MathJam Location: Redwood City Subject: Math Goal: • Reduce time to transfer by accelerating path through math sequence, develop learning community, introduce students to CC resources Schedule: • Summer and winter breaks • 2 weeks, 6.5 hours/day Target: Freshmenstudents and ongoing students testing at least at the pre-algebra level

9. Cañada College MathJam cont. Components: • Lectures • Online testing & assessment • Workshops on college success skills • Overcoming math anxiety • Group study sessions • One-on-one tutoring

10. Cañada College MathJam cont. Time Period: 2009-2011 (ongoing) Enrollment: 376 students Demographics: • 60% female • 60% Latino • 45% first-generation college students Outcomes (Math): • Completion Rate = 83% • 90% improved math placement scores • 64-71% placed at a higher level of math than in previous test(s)

11. Cañada College MathJam cont. If I made it this far, I know I can go farther—even though I will face a lot of challenges, I can overcome those challenges. The hardest part for me was taking that first math test because everyone is afraid of math. Javier Encarcion Cañada MathJam

12. Cabrillo PREP Location: Aptos Subject: Math/Trigonometry Goal: • Prepare students to succeed in pre-calculus Schedule: • Summer breaks • 2 weeks, 4 hours/day • 2 hour/weekly problem sessions in following semester as students re-take pre-calculus Target: STEM majors struggling in pre-calculus

13. Cabrillo PREP cont. Components: • Math review & small group sessions • Peer mentoring • Student-directed learning • Games & applied projects • Ongoing peer support sessions through pre-calculus courses • Stipends for completers

14. Cabrillo PREP cont. Time Period: 2009-2013 Enrollment: ~60 students to date Demographics: • 34% female (all STEEP programs) • 50% Latino (all STEEP programs) Outcomes (Math): • Participants were as or more likely to successfully complete a subsequent Pre-calculus course as other students despite being at risk of failing (preliminary outcomes).

15. Cabrillo PREP cont. The group presentations in PREP contributed the most to my math learning skills because I was forced to re-learn the math to be able to present it to the entire class. Thank you! It's not easy to put into words the amount I've gained from this program, but I feel eternally grateful that this opportunity crossed my path… Alex Estuesta Cabrillo PREP & SEA

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20. JUNIOR ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGIES ACACEMY (JETA) SUMMER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) SUMMER ENGINEERING ACADEMY(SEA) New Student Outreach Programs

21. ELAC Junior Engineering & Technologies Academy (JETA) Locations: High schools, ELAC and CSULA Target: High school juniors at 7 local high schools Goal: Foster high school students’ interest in engineering Schedule: School year via concurrent enrollment Subjects: Robotics, Renewable Energy Systems, Engineering Graphics

22. ELAC JETA cont. Format: • Lectures / guest speakers • Hands-on labs & projects • Tutoring Outcomes: • Enrollment in Engineering & Technologies has more than doubled. • Latino student enrollment in engineering courses increased by 59% and female student enrollment increased by 126% in 2009-2010

23. Cañada Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) Location: Residential program at SF State University Target: • High school seniors planning to attend Cañada College or SFSU as engineering majors in Fall • Current Cañada students majoring in engineering • Engineering students from any Bay Area community college intending to transfer to SFSU Goal: Recruit students into engineering Schedule: 2 weeks during summer break

24. Cañada SEI cont. Topics: Bridge design, renewable energy, thermodynamics, iPhone development, microncontrollers, robotics Format: • Lectures • Guest speakers • Group projects • Hands on-workshops • Field trips Outcomes: 80.5% increase in enrollment in engineering for non-minority students; 200% increase for minority students (2008-10)

25. Cabrillo Summer Energy Academy (SEA) Locations: Cabrillo physics lab Target: • Recent high school graduates who plan to attend Cabrillo in the Fall • Continuing Cabrillo students • Especially interested in students from underrepresented groups Goal: Increase # the number of STEM majors Schedule: 4 weeks during summer break, 4 hours/day Topics: Climate change, energy, green technology

26. Cabrillo SEA cont. • Format: Hands-on projects, educational games, field trips, group discussions, community service event, just-in-time instruction, internships, stipends for completers • Outcomes: • Participants had higher rate of enrolling in math next semester than comparison group & were more likely to complete transferable STEM math (35% v. 12% in 2009) • Increases in STEM majors and completions overall and for URMs • Program participants change majors to STEM majors as a result of participation

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31. Cabrillo SEA students visit an off-the-grid home ELAC JETA engineering students design and build a solar hybrid tricycle

32. Questions? Eva Schiorring eschiorring@rpgroup.org 510-559-9154