The Transition to STEM Higher Education: Policy Recommendation – Conclusions of the readySTEMgo-Project

Authors

  • Greet Langie KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13 - bus 5500 3000 Leuven
  • Maarten Pinxten KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13 - bus 5500 3000 Leuven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v8i2.8286

Keywords:

Transition, STEM, at-risk students, key skills, interventions

Abstract


For Europe to remain at the forefront of scientific and technological devel-opment, the current shortage of persons trained in these fields at secondary and higher education has to be overcome. The readySTEMgo project aims to improve the retention rates of higher education STEM programmes by the identification of at-risk students in an early stage. We successfully identified a number of key skills that are essential for first-year achievement in a STEM programme. Additionally, we investigated which intervention tools can support at-risk students and evaluated their effectiveness. Based on the output of this research project four policy recommendations are formulated.

Author Biographies

Greet Langie, KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13 - bus 5500 3000 Leuven

Faculty of Engineering Technology LESEC

Maarten Pinxten, KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13 - bus 5500 3000 Leuven

Faculty of Engineering Technology LESEC

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Published

2018-05-02

How to Cite

Langie, G., & Pinxten, M. (2018). The Transition to STEM Higher Education: Policy Recommendation – Conclusions of the readySTEMgo-Project. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 8(2), pp. 10–13. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v8i2.8286

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Strategy Papers