Increasing Underrepresented Groups Among Engineering Graduates

密歇根大学这个项目的目标是招募、指导和毕业非裔美国人，以及拥有工程学博士学位的女性，她们可以继续成为教职员工和其他人的榜样。学生将通过个人面试从一些规模较小但杰出的地区学校和历史上著名的黑人学院招募。职业规划、对成功和帮助他人的渴望以及学历将是主要的选择标准。在被选中后，七名GEE项目的学生将接受为期一周的迎新计划，以磨练成功技能，如时间管理、学习习惯、对大学的熟悉程度，以及根据需要识别他们背景中的学术缺陷，以便进行补习课程工作。每个学生都将有一名教师导师和榜样，他们将在整个博士课程期间与学生密切合作。全球就业机会项目将被用作一种催化剂，以完善任职人数不足群体的招聘和留用方法。

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.