Changing the Face of Engineering

The African American Experience

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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For much of America's history, African Americans were discouraged or aggressively prevented from becoming scientists and engineers. Those who did enter STEM fields found that their inventions and discoveries were often neither recognized nor valued. Even today, particularly in the field of engineering, the participation of African American men and women is shockingly low, and some evidence indicates that the situation might be getting worse. In Changing the Face of Engineering, twenty-four eminent scholars address the under representation of African Americans in engineering from a wide variety of disciplinary and professional perspectives while proposing workable classroom solutions and public policy initiatives. They combine robust statistical analyses with personal narratives of African American engineers and STEM instructors who, by taking evidenced-based approaches, have found success in graduating African American engineers. Changing the Face of Engineering argues that the continued under representation of African Americans in engineering impairs the ability of the United States to compete successfully in the global marketplace.This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policy makers, corporations, and higher education institutions.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:703 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421418148

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John Brooks Slaughter is a professor of education and engineering at the University of Southern California and a former director of the National Science Foundation. Yu Tao is an assistant professor of sociology and the director of Gender and Cultural Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology. Willie Pearson, Jr., is a professor of sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor of Advancing Women in Science: An International Perspective.

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ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: Historical BackgroundChapter 1. A Brief History of the Collaborative Minority Engineering Effort: A Personal AccountPart II: Educational SystemsChapter 2. African American Engineering Deans of Majority- Serving Institutions in the United StatesChapter 3. Engineering the Future: African Americans in Doctoral Engineering ProgramsChapter 4. African American Women and Men into Engineering: Are Some Pathways Smoother Than Others?Chapter 5. Clarifying the Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Engineering EducationChapter 6. Beyond the Black- White Minority Experience: Undergraduate Engineering Trends among African AmericansPart III: Workforce ParticipationChapter 7. Profiles of Distinguished African American Engineers at NASAChapter 8. African American Engineers in Business and IndustryChapter 9. Socializing African American Female Engineers into Academic Careers: The Case of the Cross- Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women FacultyChapter 10. Race for the Gold: African Americans— Honorific Awards and RecognitionPart IV: Policies and Programs to Broaden ParticipationChapter 11. College Me, Career Me: Building K–12 Student Identities for Success in EngineeringChapter 12. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for African American Students: A Critical Review of Promising and Best PracticesChapter 13. Spelman's Dual- Degree Engineering Program: A Path for Engineering DiversificationChapter 14. Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering: Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholarship ProgramPart V: Future Directions Chapter 15. Challenges and Opportunities for the Next GenerationContributors Index