Research
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Research
Our office conducts/participates in various educational and institutional research projects/studies every year. We provide services in research area ranging from collecting data via customized online questionnaire/survey forms, conducting analysis to reporting findings. If you are interested in obtaining further information on research services or starting new research projects, please contact Dr. Julia Williams, Executive Director of IR to set up a service agreement.
Here are the highlights of some of the recent research projects:
Rose-Hulman Research Projects
- Homework Hotline (HWHL) Service Evaluation
- Challenge X Investigation of General Population Perception of Hybrid Technology
Joint Research Projects
- Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE)
- Provide data to participating colleges/universities that will help identify areas that require attention in order to improve the academic climate for all students;
- Provide aggregated and institution-specific data to participating colleges/universities regarding student attitudes organized by sex and ethnic/racial categories for benchmarking purposes;
- Supplement quantitative survey findings with aggregated qualitative data from interviews conducted with currently-enrolled majority and under-represented minority populations at select colleges/universities;
- Supplement institutional climate analysis with qualitative interviews with students who have exited or are in the process of exiting engineering programs at participating colleges/universities; and
- Conduct telephone survey with each participating college/university 6, 12 and 34 months after receipt of the PACE project report in order to track actions taken to improve the climate.
- Mapping the Future of Engineering Communication (FEC) 2008 Survey
- The goal of the PACE research is to identify and address university climate issues to improve retention for all undergraduate engineering students. The action steps to achieve the goal are:
Our institution has received a grant through the Engineering Information Foundation to gather information on classroom practices reported by engineering faculty in incorporating communication assignments/tasks into their courses and learn about their perceptions regarding the factors that induce change in the teaching of communication in engineering programs.