Increasing Underrepresented Groups Among Engineering Graduates

密歇根大学项目的目标是招募、指导和毕业非裔美国人，以及拥有工程博士学位的女性，她们可以成为教职员工和他人的榜样。学生将通过个别面试从一些规模虽小但杰出的地方学校和历史悠久的黑人学院中录取。职业规划、成功和帮助他人的愿望以及学历将是主要的选择标准。入选的七名GEE项目学生将接受为期一周的培训，以提高他们的成功技能，如时间管理、学习习惯、对大学的熟悉程度，以及识别他们背景中的学术缺陷，以便根据需要进行补习课程。每个学生都将有一位教师导师和榜样，他们将在整个博士课程中与学生密切合作。Gee项目将作为一种催化剂，为代表性不足的群体改进征聘和留用方法。

The goal of the University of Michigan project is to recruit, mentor and graduate African Americans, and women with Ph.D. degrees in engineering who can go on to become faculty members and role models for others. Students will be recruited through individual interviews from a number of small but distinguished regional schools and historically black Colleges. Career plans, desire to succeed and help others, and academic credentials will be the main selection criteria. After selection the seven GEE project students will go through a week long orientation program to sharpen the success skills such as time management, study habits, familiarity with the university, as well as identifying the academic shortcomings in their backgrounds for remedial course work as needed. Each student will have a faculty mentor and role model who will work closely with the student throughout the Ph.D. program. The Gee project will be used as a catalyst to refine recruiting and retention methods for underrepresented groups.