Studying service learning’s impact on engineering education persistence could help develop courses to better serve diverse student populations.
Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Gillespie
Service Learning and Retention in Undergraduate Engineering
Service learning courses, such as the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program have been shown to improve engagement. The research objective is to determine the impact of service-based learning classes on student persistence in engineering majors. Student intentions to remain in engineering and historical enrollment data in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
