Broadening Participation in Engineering

National Science Foundation

Division Director: Dr. Gary A. Gabriele

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Diversity in engineering, 2000

Source: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2004 (NSF 04-317)

Male

U.S. Born Foreign Born

Female

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Underrepresented minority share of S&E degrees, by degree level and field: 2000 or 2001

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Pathway to Engineering

Source: Johnson and Sheppard, “Relationships Between Engineering Student and FacultyDemographics and Stakeholders Working to Effect Change”, JEE, April ‘04

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What’s keeping them away?

“They are not prepared”

“ The culture of engineering education”

“It’s too costly”

“The Lifestyle”

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How do we keep them away? Lack of integration with other parts

of the curriculum, particularly the

first two years

Contributions of women and minorities

are virtually invisible (role

models?)

Nearly all engineering work seems

devoid of any social relevance

Constrained curriculum with many

critcal pathsBusch-Vishniac and Jarosz, “Can Diversity in the Undergraduate Engineering Population beEnhanced Through Curricular Change?” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Vol. 10, pp. 255-281, 2004

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It’s a systems problem…

K-12 Support teacher development Awareness development� www.engineeringwomen.com

Undergraduate Improve the curriculum through fundamental

research Increase REU opportunities

Graduate Improve mentoring

Faculty Provide support and leadership development� Engineering Education Leadership Institute

� Women in Engineering Leadership Institute

• ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers. [ENGENG]]

• AGEP: Alliances for Graduate Education and The Professoriate. [ENGENG]]

• CAREER: Faculty Early Career Development. [ENGENG]]

• CIRE: Collaboratives to Integrate Research and Education. [ENGENG]]

• CREST: Centers of Research Excellence in Science & Technology. [ENGENG]]

• GRS: Graduate Research Supplements. [ENGENG]]

• GSE: Research on Gender in Science and Engineering. [ENGENG]]

• HBCU-UP: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program. [ENGENG]]

•IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program. [ENGENG]]

•IRFP: International Research Fellowship Program. [ENGENG]]

•LSAMP: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation. [ENGENG]]

•MIE: Model Institutions of Excellence. [ENGENG]]

•MPostDoc: Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships. •PAESMEM: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. [ENGENG]]

•RDE: Research in Disabilities Education. [ENGENG]]

•REU: Research Experiences for Undergraduates. [ENGENG]]

•RET: Research Experiences for Teachers. [ENGENG]]

•SOARS: Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science. •TCUP: Tribal Colleges & Universities Program. [ENGENG]]

Key: ENG = = ENGENG directly funds, co-funds, or actively directly funds, co-funds, or actively participates in the programparticipates in the program..

Efforts to Broaden Participation Efforts to Broaden Participation NSF Diversity Related ProgramsNSF Diversity Related Programs

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ERC Diversity Policy All ERCs will:

Operate with strategic plans that increase their diversity al all levels so as to exceed national, engineering-wide averages;

Form sustained partnerships with affiliated deans and department chairs to enable this enhancement;

Develop outreach connections with predominantly female and underrepresented-minority institutions as core or affiliate partners;

Develop outreach connections with at least one LSAMP institution and one or more AGEP, TCUP, CREST, etc., institutions;

Operate a diversity-oriented REU program as well as a pre-college program focused on diversity involving teachers and students.

No. of No. of CenterCenter

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Connected with:Connected with:

6 Predominantly Female Institutions (As Affiliate partners)

5 Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Core Partners)

14 Underrepresented Minority Institutions (As Affiliate Partners)

14 One or more LSAMP

5 One or more AGEP

6 One or more TCUP

6 Bridge Fellowships to the PhD

1 One or more CREST

1 One or more CIRE

16 Diversity oriented REUs

9 Diversity oriented RETs

ERC Outreach Results 22 CenterERC Outreach Results 22 Center

Thank you.Thank you.