Publication Date

12-2-2014

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research

Volume

15

Issue

3

Abstract

This study highlights the positive impact of participation in an engineering ambassador program on students from two universities: Oregon State University which is a large public university in a college town with a 13% minority student body, and Howard University, a medium sized private university with a relatively small engineering program in an urban setting enrolling a primarily minority population. Although these ambassador programs have a major goal of service to the university and engineering program, they serve an equally important goal of developing the skills and attitudes of the ambassadors themselves. Ambassadors from both universities were surveyed, and though the universities and the programs are different, results show that both programs have a similar positive impact on student goals, attitudes, leadership skill and self-efficacy.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, Volume 15, Issue 3, 2014. The article can also be found online at: https://www.jstem.org/jstem/index.php/JSTEM/article/view/1863.

Department

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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