Minorities in Engineering

A Closer Look at Minorities in Engineering

�We find ourselves at this moment in history with the number of engineering graduates at one of its lowest levels of the past 20 years, and yet a time when the demand for young people prepared to work in America�s high-technology industries has never been higher,� wrote John Brooks Slaughter, president and CEO of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, which sponsored the report through a grant from the Motorola Foundation.

Confronting the “New” American Dilemna, Under-Represented Minorities in Engineering: A Data-Based Look at Diversity has not been made available online. Remarks on the report by Lisa M. Frehill.

Related: Engineering’s New Look, Prisim 2005Study on Minority Degrees in STEM fieldsMinority Faculty of Engineering, Prism 2002USA Under-counting Engineering Graduates


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