Engineering and Social Justice – ASEEs 6th Annual Colloquium on Engineering Education

The Stanford Student Chapter of ASEE—American Society for Engineering Education—is thrilled to be hosting our 6th annual colloquium on Engineering Education, with an afternoon discussing the relationships between engineering and social justice both in and beyond the classroom. Our afternoon schedule will feature: a keynote presentation titled “The Problem is the Problem: A Strategy for Making Social Justice and Social …

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Student-Faculty Interaction

Check out this resource for research-based information about student-faculty interaction from the NSF ENGAGE project: http://www.engageengineering.org

Who Am I versus Who Can I Become?: Exploring Women’s Science Identities in STEM Ph.D. Programs

Follow this link to an article about the science identities of 21 women STEM Ph.D. students at three research universities in the United States. Let us know if you are interested in joining a November 2016 journal club about this research (email: bethrieken@stanford.edu)!

General Education Requirements

Follow this link to an article discussing general education requirements in higher education. A very thought-provoking piece discussing the current state of general education requirements and what it could mean for the future.  

What are the careers of those graduating with a PhD from Stanford?

Check out this interesting article about a study conducted on the career paths of those graduating with a PhD from Stanford. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/october/phd-career-site-101315.html You should check out the website showing the study results as well! http://web.stanford.edu/dept/pres-provost/irds/phdjobs

High-Impact Educational Practices

Check out this relatively recent publication by Georgia D. Kuh on high-impact educational practices. The publication details 10 practices that have been identified as beneficial to college students with various backgrounds. Click here for more info.

ASEE is co-sponsoring a WISE Research Roundtable on 23 September 2015

"Disrupting the Pipeline: Critical Analyses of Student Pathways Through Postsecondary STEM Education" by Heather Metcalf, Ph.D., Director of Research for the Association of Women in Science When: Wednesday, September 23rd, 1:30-2:30pm Where: Varian II (Physics and Astrophysics Building, 452 Lomita Mall), Room 102-103 Please RSVP to cbmuller@stanford.edu by Monday, September 21. Abstract: Critical mixed methods …