Ethnicity and Experiences in Engineering and Science (Index of Abstracts)

General Minority Issues in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

African Americans

Asian Americans

Native Americans

Hispanic Americans

International Issues

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.