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A need for engagement opportunities and personal connections: Understanding the social community outcomes of engineering undergraduates in a mentoring program
dc.contributor.authorWashington, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorMondisa, Joi‐Lynn
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-02T00:48:16Z
dc.date.available2022-11-01 20:48:15en
dc.date.available2021-11-02T00:48:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.identifier.citationWashington, Valerie; Mondisa, Joi‐Lynn (2021). "A need for engagement opportunities and personal connections: Understanding the social community outcomes of engineering undergraduates in a mentoring program." Journal of Engineering Education 110(4): 902-924.
dc.identifier.issn1069-4730
dc.identifier.issn2168-9830
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/170897
dc.description.abstractBackgroundSocial community may play a role in how successful undergraduate engineering mentoring programs are in increasing diversity, retention rates, and graduation rates. However, there is minimal research about how mentoring programs influence the development of the social community outcomes of connectedness, satisfaction, social capital, resilience, and communities of practice, or whether these outcomes differ among demographic groups.PurposeThis work examines the social community outcomes of undergraduate engineering mentoring program participants and makes recommendations for programs based on participant experiences and outcomes.MethodsIn this exploratory multi- methods study, we use quantitative and qualitative methods to examine social community among participants in a mentoring program for undergraduate engineering students. More specifically, we administered a survey and conducted interviews to examine the five social community outcomes among engineering undergraduate participants in the University of Michigan’s Michigan Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (M- STEM) Academies. Survey results were evaluated for social community outcomes among demographic groups and a thematic analysis was performed on the interview responses.ResultsOur findings indicate that (1) female participants value their M- STEM connections differently from male participants; (2) program alumni engagement has a positive impact on current participants’ social community outcomes; and (3) strategies for resilience vary based on sex and race.ConclusionsWe recommend that mentoring programs offer face- to- face activities to help female participants develop stronger connections with other participants. Programs should also offer ways for program alumni to remain engaged with the program and continue to support younger mentoring program cohorts.
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
dc.subject.otherquantitative
dc.subject.otherundergraduate
dc.subject.othersocial community
dc.subject.othermentoring
dc.subject.otherqualitative
dc.titleA need for engagement opportunities and personal connections: Understanding the social community outcomes of engineering undergraduates in a mentoring program
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEngineering Education
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelEngineering
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170897/1/jee20422.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170897/2/jee20422_am.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jee.20422
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Engineering Education
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