Index of Ethnicity and Experiences in Engineering and Science
The most recent studies are listed first. This page details studies on:
General Minority Issues in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
- Does Your Organization Welcome Diversity?
- Lee Gardenswartz and Dr Anita Towe comment on the advantages of organizations that accept a diverse pool of employees.
- The Technicolor Workplace
- Generalized assumptions between European women and women of color in the workplace.
- Fostering Computer Science Success among Women and Minorities, May/June 1993
- Debra Clingingsmith comments on the decrease of women enrolling into computer science courses and discusses the reasons and solutions for it.
- Learning From Failed Programs
- The factors of why programs to help minorities have failed in the past are analyzed to increase their effects in the future.
- Attrition Rates Among Minority Sci & Eng Undergraduate Majors
- An abstract from a book by authors Dr.Nancy Hewitt and Dr. Elaine Seymour that discusses each minority group's state in S&E majors separately.
- Tapping the Power of a Diverse Workforce
- Patricia Galagan discusses the future workforce as one of diversity and comments on the changes that will occur.
- A report on the Glass Ceiling Initiative
- Lynn Martin from the U.S Department of Labor, states that a glass ceiling exists against women and minorities and she discusses the causes and solutions for this problem.
- The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity
- Anita Allen stresses the need of role models in the faculty for minorities and also comments on the assumption that such actions will decrease the excellence of the faculty.
- Educational Pipeline Issues for Women
- This is based on a talk by Nancy G. Leveson in 1990 in which she stressed a clearer understanding of the problem before constructing well-directed programs to help increase the number in Science and engineering fields.
- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering -- 1990 Annual Report
- The NACME Annual Report describes its research and also its programs for the year.
- AAAS Presidential Lecture: Voices from the Pipeline
- This article, Science Sept 30, 1988, by Shelia Widnall predicts a growing diverse pool of science and engineering baccalaureates in the future and also comments on the surveys concerning the process of graduate education seen from a student's perspective.
African-American
- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Ed Wiley III stresses the need to emphasize teaching and placing more value on mentoring, guidance and the resistance against satisfying it.
- Black Attrition Rates Among Sci & Eng Undergraduates
- Results of the study of black students and their attitudes, problems, and campus affiliations.
- Black Failure Rates in Calculus
- Results of a project that analyzed why students fail Calculus with focus on different study habits of the different ethnic groups.
Asian-American
- Asian Attrition Rates Among Science & Engineering Undergraduates
- Success of Asian students and their reason for switching out of S&E fields.
- Cases illustrating typical barriers faced by Asian Americans
- These are cases by Stephen Chen of Asian-American experiences in the work force followed by discussion questions.
- Recent report on discrimination against Asian Americans in Colleges and Universities
- The nature and validity of Civil Rights complaints by Asian Americans.
Native American
- Native American Attrition Rates Among Sci & Eng Undergraduates
- Native American Students in S&E fields primarily how their culture affects their school work.
Hispanic-American
- Hispanic Attrition Rates Among Sci & Eng Undergraduates
- Hispanic Students and the effects of their cultural and education background in college.
- Hispanic Failure Rates in Calculus
- Results of a project that analyzed why students failed Calculus with focus on study habits of different ethnic groups.
International Issues (situations for non-United States citizens or nations)
- Comparisons Across Cultures
- Articles from Science's Women in Science '94.
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"Index of Ethnicity and Experiences in Engineering and Science"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
7/27/2006 2:37:49 PM
National Academy of Engineering
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