Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Engineering Fundamentals
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication/Presentation Date
2014
Abstract/Description
Although research has shown that involvement is a helpful predictor of students’ future success, underrepresented minorities (i.e., African Americans and Hispanics) face unique obstacles at predominantly White institutions, which limit their engagement in educationally purposeful activities. Survey data from a 2007 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) were analyzed to measure African American and Hispanic students’ engagement in educationally purposeful activities. Results from the present study found that student satisfaction in college is positively related to time spent preparing for class and frequency of interactions with faculty members about careers. Furthermore, African American and Hispanic science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students who engage peers of different opinions or spend significant amounts of time studying academic work report higher scores on personal and social gains than their same-race peers who do so less frequently.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Required Publisher’s Statement
Strayhorn, T. L., Bie, F., Long, L. L., III, & Barrett, B. A. (2014). African American and Hispanic STEM students' engagement at predominantly White institutions. Proceedings from 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Indianapolis, IN.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Strayhorn, T. L., Bie, F., Long, L. L., & Barrett, B. A. (2014). African American and Hispanic STEM Students' Engagement at Predominantly White Institutions. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/293
Additional Information
Dr. Long was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.