Recruiting Under Represented Minorities To Engineering And Engineering Technology
Recruiting Under Represented Minorities To Engineering And Engineering Technology
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招聘有代表性的少数族裔从事工程和工程技术工作
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2006
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M. Peyron
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作者：
A. Mishellany;A. Woda;R. Labas;M. Peyron
任何现代经济的一个重要组成部分是受过良好教育和多才多艺的劳动力，能够设计和生产创新产品，流程和服务。美国工程劳动力需要特别关注，因为它通过研究，设计，开发和实施创新产品，工艺和服务对国家经济做出贡献的重要性。然而，美国的工程师队伍有两个重大问题：美国无法培养足够数量的国内工程师2，也无法培养足够多样化的工程师队伍3。在工程学领域缺乏女性和其他代表性不足的少数民族的一个原因是，这些学生在高中时对追求科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）相关职业兴趣不大。如果这些学生在高中时没有参加适当的预科课程，如果他们不知道他们可以选择的职业，他们就不会准备好从事工程职业，并且很可能会选择其他职业道路。我们已经实施了一个外展项目，提高了兴趣，并改善了传统上代表性不足的群体在高中和STEM职业生涯后期的STEM课程的看法。我们正在向高中学生展示，工程可以是有趣的，吸引人的，并通过高中俱乐部和比赛对他们来说是可能的。我们将提供该项目的细节，并衡量我们迄今为止的努力成果。
An essential component of any modern economy is a well-educated and versatile workforce able to design and produce innovative products, processes, and services 1 . The American engineering workforce demands special attention because of its importance in contributing to the nation’s economy through research, design, development, and implementation of innovative products, processes, and services 1 . However, the engineering workforce in the U.S. has two significant problems: the U.S. has been unable to produce a sufficient number of domestic engineers 2 , and it has been unable to produce a sufficiently diverse engineering workforce 3 . One reason for the lack of female and other underrepresented minorities in engineering is that these students show little interest in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related careers while in high school 4 . If these students do not enroll in appropriate preparatory courses while in high school and if they are unaware of the career choices available to them, they will not be prepared to pursue a career in engineering and are likely to choose an alternate career path 5 . We have implemented an outreach project that increases the interest and improves the perception of traditionally underrepresented groups with respect to STEM courses in high school and STEM careers later in life. We are showing high school students that engineering can be fun, engaging, and possible for them through high school clubs and competitions. We will provide details of the project, and measured results of our efforts to date.