• DocumentCode
    3591140
  • Title

    The case for proactive mentoring for minorities in engineering

  • Author

    Lasser, Susan J S ; Snelsire, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    Clemson Univ., SC, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    767
  • Abstract
    In the Fall of 1987, the College of Engineering at Clemson University launched a proactive peer mentoring program for all incoming African American engineering majors, the Program for Engineering Enrichment and Retention (PEER). A description of the program and its results are used to demonstrate the significant impact of proactive mentoring on retention of these students
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; teaching; African American engineering majors; Clemson University; College of Engineering; Program for Engineering Enrichment and Retention; engineering education; minorities; proactive peer mentoring program; student retention; Atmosphere; Computer aided software engineering; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Engineering profession; Engineering students;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3348-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1996.573063
  • Filename
    573063