The ability to predict student performance in a course or program creates opportunities to
improve educational outcomes. With effective performance prediction approaches …

The modeling of time to event data is an important topic with many applications in diverse
areas. The collective of methods to analyze such data are called survival analysis, event …

Background Prior to college, many students have no experience with engineering, but some
ultimately choose an engineering career. Women choose engineering at lower rates than …

We explore the relation between spatial thinking and performance and attainment in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) domains. Spatial skills strongly …

Underrepresented minority (URM) students are subjected to historically rooted inequities
when pursuing an education, especially in STEM disciplines with little diversity. In order to …

First-year students undergo several transformations like the transition from high school to
university schedules, teaching methods, and discipline specificities to social changes that …

Background Concern for workforce needs, social justice, and the diversification of the
engineering profession make it critical to understand how different metrics may overestimate …

The main problem of higher education modernization is the balance between inputs and
relevant outputs, specifically, the right balance of enrolled and graduated students. The …

We previously proposed that science capital (science‐related forms of cultural and social
capital) can be used as a theoretical lens for explaining the patterned nature of aspirations …

Identity is emerging as an underlying explanation for persistence in engineering, but few
prior studies have directly measured the engineering identity of engineering students, nor …