Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering

Muhammad Irfan Abid; Zeashan Hameed Khan

doi:10.1109/TALE.2018.8615447

Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering

Muhammad Irfan Abid, Zeashan Hameed Khan

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Abstract

This paper describes a holistic approach to improve the retention rate of first year engineering students. One of the major shortcomings of institutionalized education is the prime focus on the student's well-being and intellectual development through academic guidelines. In the classical model, most engineering universities do their best to incorporate the general well-being of the admitted students in the system of large group instruction. But, at the end of the program, its goal is to graduate those students who meet the basic academic standards first. Adopting a holistic model in engineering education infers that, in addition to the traditional academic components, we must enthusiastically develop the whole character of our future engineers. This paper outlines the major academic and nonacademic factors with the help of a case study affecting the student retention rates and reinforces the role of teachers, students and institution in holistic educational model to address these issues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Editors	Mark J.W. Lee, Sasha Nikolic, Montserrat Ros, Jun Shen, Leon C. U. Lei, Gary K.W. Wong, Neelakantam Venkatarayalu
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	662-667
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538665220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615447
State	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018 - Wollongong, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → 7 Dec 2018

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Name	Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018

Conference

Conference	2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Wollongong
Period	4/12/18 → 7/12/18

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Keywords

education models
engineering education
freshmen
holistic approach
retention rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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Abid, M. I., & Khan, Z. H. (2018). Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering. In M. J. W. Lee, S. Nikolic, M. Ros, J. Shen, L. C. U. Lei, G. K. W. Wong, & N. Venkatarayalu (Eds.), Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018 (pp. 662-667). Article 8615447 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615447

Abid, Muhammad Irfan ; Khan, Zeashan Hameed. / Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering. Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. editor / Mark J.W. Lee ; Sasha Nikolic ; Montserrat Ros ; Jun Shen ; Leon C. U. Lei ; Gary K.W. Wong ; Neelakantam Venkatarayalu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 662-667 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018).

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Abid, MI & Khan, ZH 2018, Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering. in MJW Lee, S Nikolic, M Ros, J Shen, LCU Lei, GKW Wong & N Venkatarayalu (eds), Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018., 8615447, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 662-667, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018, Wollongong, Australia, 4/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615447

Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering. / Abid, Muhammad Irfan; Khan, Zeashan Hameed.
Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. ed. / Mark J.W. Lee; Sasha Nikolic; Montserrat Ros; Jun Shen; Leon C. U. Lei; Gary K.W. Wong; Neelakantam Venkatarayalu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 662-667 8615447 (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018).

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Abid MI, Khan ZH. Towards a Holistic Approach to Improve the Retention Rate of Freshmen in Engineering. In Lee MJW, Nikolic S, Ros M, Shen J, Lei LCU, Wong GKW, Venkatarayalu N, editors, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 662-667. 8615447. (Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615447

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