Abstract/Description The United States is becoming increasingly more diverse. Specifically,
demographics are shifting because of growth among historically underrepresented racial …

Background Students' recognition beliefs have emerged as one of the most important
components of engineering role identity development for early‐career undergraduate …

Black engineering transfer students face unique challenges while navigating the transfer
process from a community college to a 4-year institution. The purpose of this paper is to …

Susannah C. Davis is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical,
Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. She received her Ph …

This Research Work in Progress paper reports on Year 1 of a three-year mixed-methods
study to identify institutional factors that promote increased retention of Black students in …

Strategies for improving student success are particularly important in high-demand fields like
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). As the US experiences a decline in …

In high-demand fields like science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), more
success strategies are needed to effectively recruit and retain college students. One-size fits …

This qualitative case study was designed to explore a problem of practice–Black male
engagement and placemaking, within a specific context–the University of Oregon. The …

Abstract This thesis used Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Latino Critical Race Theory
(LatCrit) to conduct an in-depth analysis of whether literature funded through the use of …

Institutions of higher education are continually looking for answers to address problems of
persistence on their college campuses. College persistence affects many aspects of our …