Project Overview
Project Description
The main objective of this project is to help ASME’s Community College Engineering Pathways (CCEP) Program determine best practices for tracking students post-graduation and utilize one of the best practices to track students post-graduation. This is long-term research and will be a continuation of the previous year’s E4C Fellow’s work. Officially launched in May 2021, ASME’s CCEP Programme strives to increase participation in the engineering and technical workforce among those who have been historically underrepresented in technical fields by increasing access to technical careers to help build a larger and more skilled technical workforce. By 2026, ASME anticipates engaging with over 80 community colleges and 1,500 community college students. As ASME prepares to scale up this programme to meet its 2026 goals, ASME needs a better understanding of the impact the CCEP programme has on post-graduate outcomes by tracking approximately 225 students post-graduation.
Impact
The outcomes of the research project will help identify effective tactics for ASME to drive associate degree completions, increase transfer rates from 2-year colleges to 4-year colleges, and increase entry into the engineering workforce for students at two-year colleges. This information will also help to inform best practices in the scale-up of the CCEP programme and in the design and implementation of similar workforce development programs
Eligibility Criteria
Skills / Experience:
- Required:
- Data Analysis + Statistics
- Interviewing / User Research
- Research
- Desired:
- Relationship Building
- Technical Writing and Documentation
Software Proficiency:
- N/A
Discipline:
- N/A
Preferred Fellow Local Experience (All projects can be completed remotely):
- N/A
Additional Skills:
- Knowledge of US education would be beneficial
Preferred Timezone (when the Fellow should be available for meetings):
- Compatibility with UTC-05:00, Eastern Standard Time
