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Relationships Between Engineering Student and Faculty Demographics and Stakeholders Working to Affect Change *
Author(s) -
Johnson Michelle J.,
Sheppard Sheri D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00798.x
Subject(s) - workforce , demographics , stakeholder , underrepresented minority , affect (linguistics) , class (philosophy) , pipeline (software) , political science , public relations , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , engineering , sociology , computer science , demography , medicine , mechanical engineering , communication , artificial intelligence , law
Recent data suggest that the United States is unable to meet the demand for individuals well prepared to contribute to science, mathematics, and engineering with their native workforce. Low participation rates of females and underrepresented minorities in these fields are major factors contributing to this situation. This study tracks the progress of the high school class of 1990 through the engineering pipeline and beyond, specifically focusing on the progress of female and underrepresented minority students within the class. Points along the pipeline where the participation rates of students dropped significantly are identified as critical decision points and factors contributing to students leaving at these decision points are discussed. Key stakeholder groups working with underrepresented minority and female students at these critical decision points are identified. The intent of this paper is to create a synthesized, national picture of the student and faculty who make up engineering schools in the United States, and of the stakeholder groups actively working to change this picture.