Extending the Work of the Engineering Education Coalitions

1 John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Newark, NJ 07102 [email protected] 2 Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Acting Dean of Engineering, Newark, NJ 07102 [email protected] Abstract  The Engineering Education Coalitions Program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, has brought about significant changes in engineering education during the past ten years. Several coalitions, including Gateway, SUCCEED, Foundation, and Greenfield, have introduced curricular innovations that have increased retention and improved undergraduate graduation rates. These efforts have also introduced a culture change at participating universities; education has once again taken a leading role in institutional priorities. This paper describes the efforts of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a participant in the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition, to extend the successes of the coalition beyond its official completion date. NJIT has developed and implemented several successful innovations through its participation in the Gateway Coalition, including the Freshman Engineering Design program and NJIT’s Educational Learning Assistants program. This paper describes our efforts to disseminate these results to other universities and the partnerships that NJIT is establishing with New Jersey’s community colleges to strengthen their programs.