Program efficacy

Our measure of program efficacy compares the differences in racial composition of FTIC students at each level during a school year. For example, if women make up 50 % of lower-level undergraduates emoUed at a university in 2000-2001 as well as 55% of upper-level undergraduates, the retention ratio is 55%/50 % or 1.10. This measure simply indicates the gender composition of upper-level students comprises a cohort of 10% more women in comparison to the lower-level composition. If women make up 60% of degree recipients compared to 55% of upper-level undergraduates, the persistence ratio is 60%/55 % or 1.09. 

This study employs a mixed methods approach to understand aspects of climate in engineering departments or programs that enhance student program efficacy and completion of engineering degrees for women and underrepresented minorities. The quantitative component of our... 

Program Culture How Departmental Values Facilitate Program Efficacy... 

STEM fields, that is, high levels of program efficacy, and notes that these program cultures share several common features including ... 

Rendon, L.I., Jalomo, R.E., Nora, A. (2000). Theoretical Considerations in the Study of Minority Student Program Efficacy in Higher Education. In J.M. Braxton (Ed.), Reworking the Student Departure Puzzle (pp. 127-156). Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University Press. 

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