Introduction Freshman curriculum for engineering students	Holistic Model for Engineering	Clusters Courses are now offered together in "clusters" for groups of 100
	Student Performance Students in the new curriculum perform better on standardized tests.	First-year Engineering Courses	Paper
First Year

Reasoning

Why do we do it?

• In the next 1 minute
  Individually list 3 reasons we might?
• In the next 1 minute
  Compare lists with the person sitting next to you.
• Spend 3 minutes
  Sharing your lists with another pair AND pick most important reason

Retention

• Of Students
  Especially those from underrepresented groups
• Of Information
  -   During the course
  -   Between semesters
  -   Between courses in the same semester

Workability