This morning (1/31) at 10:30 am, Jacqueline C. McNeil, a candidate for the Discipline-Based Engineering Education Faculty position, will be sharing her research entitled "Student Transitions When Re-Entering the University".
Abstract:
This study focused on students who take a semester off from full-time coursework. To understand the difficulties that these students may encounter, this study investigated the re-entry of engineering students to a large university in the southeastern U.S. following their mandatory cooperative educational (co-op) experiences in industry. Students were surveyed and interviewed after summer, fall, and spring co-op experiences to gather data about students’ ease of transition, time of transition, and coping mechanisms for re-entry to the university. According to the 353 survey responses, 33% of students reported they had difficulty re-entering the institution after a co-op experience. Students’ engineering program and sex were predictive factors for students’ ease of transition. Many students’ coping skills were not adequate to deal with re-entry to the university.
Bio:
Dr. Jaqi McNeil is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She received the Apprentice Faculty Award of the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division in 2016 and the Faculty Fellow Award of the Frontiers in Education Conference in 2016. Dr. McNeil completed the BS in mining engineering in 2007 and the MS in engineering management in 2011, both at the South Dakota School of Mines. She earned the PhD in engineering education at Purdue University in 2014. She also has two years of professional experience as a project engineer.
Date: Thursday, Jan 31st at 10:30 am
Location: SEC 237
Zoom Link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/577719265