@inproceedings{16e1e17e037541a49563d3d0aeafa78c,
title = "Work in progress: Retention of freshmen computer and electronics engineering students",
abstract = "Retaining freshman students within a challenging engineering program can often be a considerable challenge for an institution and its faculty. At the University of Nebraska's Peter Kiewit Institute, in Omaha Nebraska, the number of students who either withdraw or fail the first semester freshmen Computer and Electronics Engineering (CEEN) fundamentals course has historically been about 30%. For the Fall 2005 semester the department decided to implement a multi-faceted retention effort to try to reduce this number. The measures implemented were 1: an off-campus overnight retreat prior to the start of classes, 2: assignment of students to small learning groups called {"}pods{"} which were led by upper class students, 3: hiring a graduate student as a Counseling Assistant (CA), and 4: implementing immediate feedback from the course instructor to the counseling assistant while identifying students who needed guidance. This paper describes the efforts and preliminary retention results.",
keywords = "Counseling, Freshman retention, Learning groups",
author = "Roger Sash and Herbert Detloff and Bing Chen and Neal Grandgenett and Deborah Duran",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1109/FIE.2006.322722",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "1424402565",
series = "Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "19--20",
booktitle = "36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE",
note = "36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE ; Conference date: 28-10-2006 Through 31-10-2006",
}