ScholarLens Back to search
2009•Unpublished venueRequires access

Work In Progress - academic and student affairs collaboration to enhance student success in engineering and applied sciences

Edmund Tsang, Laura Darrah, Paul Engelmann, Cynthia Halderson, Dana Butt

Open publisher page 5 citations

Abstract

A First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) program was implemented at Western Michigan University (WMU) in 2005, and it has improved retention rates of engineering and applied sciences students above historic rates. To build on current success, faculty and administrators from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Residence Life staff embarked on a collaborative process to help first time first-year students grow their life skills and academic habits, and make connection with the WMU faculty and staff and among themselves. Student development programs that connect the cognitive and the affective domains have the potential to further improve the success of FYEE. Preliminary results indicate academic and student affairs collaboration has begun to take hold at WMU.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

A First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) program was implemented at Western Michigan University (WMU) in 2005, and it has improved retention rates of engineering and applied sciences students above historic rates. To build on current success, faculty and administrators from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Residence Life staff embarked on a collaborative process to help first time first-year students grow their life skills and academic habits, and make connection with the WMU faculty and staff and among themselves. Student development programs that connect the cognitive and the affective domains have the potential to further improve the success of FYEE. Preliminary results indicate academic and student affairs collaboration has begun to take hold at WMU.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 5 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

A First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) program was implemented at Western Michigan University (WMU) in 2005, and it has improved retention rates of engineering and applied sciences students above historic rates. To build on current success, faculty and administrators from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Residence Life staff embarked on a collaborative process to help first time first-year students grow their life skills and academic habits, and make connection with the WMU faculty and staff and among themselves. Student development programs that connect the cognitive and the affective domains have the potential to further improve the success of FYEE. Preliminary results indicate academic and student affairs collaboration has begun to take hold at WMU.

Key concepts: Work (physics), Residence, Process (computing), Student affairs, Medical education, Work in process, Engineering education, Engineering management

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Work In Progress - academic and student affairs collaboration to enhance student success in engineering and applied sciences — Research Paper | ScholarLens