Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering

Jacqueline Fleming, Irving McPhail (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

274 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-38550-4 (ISBN)

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This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs. Based on a three-phase study spearheaded by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the findings include evidence that hands-on exposure to problem-based courses, research, and especially internships are powerful catalysts for engineering success, and that both college adjustment and academic skills matter, in varying degrees, to minority success. By encompassing an unusually large number and range of programs, this research adds to the evidence base for the importance of hands-on exposure to the work of engineering.

Jacqueline Fleming is a psychologist and independent researcher based in Pearland, Texas. Irving Pressley McPhail is Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at The McPhail Group LLC.

i Preface

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering:
Its History and Mission

Minorities in Engineering: Review of the Literature and Overview of the Study

Performance and Retention to Graduation Rates of Minority Students in NACME Block Grant Institutions: Analysis of Aggregate Statistical Data

Profile of Minorities in Engineering: Analysis of Focus Group Conversations

Profile of Minorities in Engineering: Analysis of Focus Group Mini-Surveys by Gender Within Ethnicity

The College Adjustment of Minorities and Non-Minorities in Engineering

The College Adjustment of Black and Hispanic Students in Engineering

The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity in the College Adjustment of Engineering Students

Black Engineering Students in Black and White Colleges

Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering: Summary and Conclusions

A Postscript on NACME Scholars

Policy Implications: A Call to Action

Erscheinungsdatum	18.03.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Higher Education
Zusatzinfo	29 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-138-38550-6 / 1138385506
ISBN-13	978-1-138-38550-4 / 9781138385504
Zustand	Neuware