Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs.

Inhalt

i Preface

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

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

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

4. Profile of Minorities in Engineering: Analysis of Focus Group Conversations

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

6. The College Adjustment of Minorities and Non-Minorities in Engineering

7. The College Adjustment of Black and Hispanic Students in Engineering

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

9. Black Engineering Students in Black and White Colleges

10. Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering: Summary and Conclusions

11. A Postscript on NACME Scholars

12. Policy Implications: A Call to Action