Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success

Meline Kevorkian; Greg Simco

Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success

Nova Southeastern University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Increasing the number of Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is a national priority. The overall attainment rate for a post-secondary credential is 40 percent; the rate for African Americans is 28.1 percent and Hispanics is 20.3 percent. To address the need for improvement in this area, co-curricular activities for undergraduate STEM students from their first semester were designed to build engagement, enhance retention efforts, and assist in meeting the demands of underserved populations to prepare the future workforce and researchers in STEM areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016
Editors	Takaaki Goto, Gongzhu Hu
Publisher	The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA)
Pages	129-132
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781943436040
ISBN (Print)	9781943436040
State	Published - 2016
Event	29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016 - Denver, United States Duration: Sep 26 2016 → Sep 28 2016

Publication series

Name	29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016

Conference

Conference	29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	9/26/16 → 9/28/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright ISCA, CAINE 2016.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Science Applications
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Keywords

Soft skills
Student retention
Student success
Workplace success

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Kevorkian, M., & Simco, G. (2016). Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success. In T. Goto, & G. Hu (Eds.), 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016 (pp. 129-132). (29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016). The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA).

Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success. / Kevorkian, Meline ; Simco, Greg.
29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016. ed. / Takaaki Goto; Gongzhu Hu. The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2016. p. 129-132 (29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kevorkian, M & Simco, G 2016, Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success. in T Goto & G Hu (eds), 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016. 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016, The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), pp. 129-132, 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016, Denver, United States, 9/26/16.

Kevorkian M , Simco G. Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success. In Goto T, Hu G, editors, 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016. The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA). 2016. p. 129-132. (29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016).

Kevorkian, Meline ; Simco, Greg. / Co-curricular activities for soft skills and underserved minority student success. 29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016. editor / Takaaki Goto ; Gongzhu Hu. The International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2016. pp. 129-132 (29th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, CAINE 2016).

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