Graduate Engineering Education Program for Women and Minorities at Drexel University

德雷塞尔大学女性和少数族裔研究生工程教育项目

• 批准号: 9116782
• 负责人: Nihat Bilgutay
• 金额: $ 62.1万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-15 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9116782&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Graduate; Engineering; Education; Program; Women

The major thrust of the Drexel University program focusses on the recruitment and retention of the target groups which are currently underrepresented in the graduate engineering fields. A multi- pronged approach is utilized to inform and attract the target groups into the PhD program through media advertising in appropriate journals, presentations at engineering education conferences, and through personal contacts with faculty and professional staff in engineering education across the U.S. To assure the continued success of the program, contacts will also be established and maintained with the undergraduate engineering programs and regional high schools through existing outreach programs at Drexel. There is a mentor system to create an educational, social and emotional environment conducive to fostering successful acclimation and advancement of the recruited students. The object is to oversee and assist the progress of the students from enrollment to employment. An optional Industrial Internship Program will be developed to encourage industrial participation, and to increase the financial resources available to the students. The NSF funds are viewed as seed money, namely for establishing the program and for leveraging external funds through industrial, private, state and University sources to sustain the program on a regular basis.

德雷克塞尔大学方案的主要重点是招聘和留住目前在工程学研究生领域任职人数不足的目标群体。采用多管齐下的方法，通过在适当的期刊上刊登媒体广告、在工程教育会议上发表演讲，以及通过与美国各地工程教育的教职员工和专业人员的个人接触，来通知和吸引目标群体进入博士项目。为了确保该项目的持续成功，通过德雷克塞尔现有的外展项目，还将与本科生工程项目和地区高中建立和保持联系。有一个导师制度，以创造一个有利于培养被录取学生成功适应和进步的教育、社会和情感环境。其目的是监督和协助学生从入学到就业的过程。将制定一个可选的工业实习计划，以鼓励工业参与，并增加学生可获得的财政资源。NSF的资金被视为种子资金，即用于建立该计划，并通过工业、私人、州和大学来源利用外部资金来定期维持该计划。