Jacqueline Fleming, Irving Pressley McPhail

Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781138385504
• ISBN-10: 1138385506
• Artikelnr.: 56894643

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Fleming is a psychologist and independent researcher based in Pearland, Texas. Irving Pressley McPhail is Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at The McPhail Group LLC.

Inhaltsangabe

i Preface
1. The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering:
Its History and Mission
2. Minorities in Engineering: Review of the Literature and Overview of
the Study
3. Performance and Retention to Graduation Rates of Minority Students in
NACME Block Grant Institutions: Analysis of Aggregate Statistical
Data
4. Profile of Minorities in Engineering: Analysis of Focus Group
Conversations
5. Profile of Minorities in Engineering: Analysis of Focus Group
Mini-Surveys by Gender Within Ethnicity
6. The College Adjustment of Minorities and Non-Minorities in
Engineering
7. The College Adjustment of Black and Hispanic Students in Engineering
8. The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity in the College Adjustment of
Engineering Students
9. Black Engineering Students in Black and White Colleges
10. Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering: Summary and
Conclusions
11. A Postscript on NACME Scholars
12. Policy Implications: A Call to Action