Our overarching research question around student support is “How can student support programs increase student retention and sense of belonging?”
Specific Research Questions | Center Initiative | |
How do mentorship programs for first-year graduate students contribute to student retention and belonging? How can a graduate student retreat increase students’ confidence as engineers? How does the number of touchpoints a student has with support programs influence graduate rates and students’ senses of belonging? | → | First-year mentoring programs (ongoing) Annual graduate student retreat (ongoing) |