Identifying and Surmounting Impediments to Implementing Diversification Efforts in Engineering Education

这个工程教育研讨会将召集一个专家小组来解决一个长期存在的问题，即为什么在工程学位课程中一直存在代表性不足的问题。研讨会的参与者将确定实施数十年来关于加强工程领域种族和民族多样性的机制的建议的技术、社会、政治和/或经济障碍，并制定克服这些障碍的潜在战略。研讨会的结果可能会为更有效地利用美国多样化的人口提供信息，从而提高工程学毕业生的数量和质量，并培养更多样化的21世纪劳动力。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改造边境。此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过创造对社会有用的结果和研究来实现的，这些成果和研究通过为教育政策和实践提供信息来实现。

This workshop in engineering education will bring together a panel of experts to address the chronic question of why under-representation persists in engineering degree programs. The participants of the workshop will identify the technical, social, political, and/or economic impediments to implementing decades of prior recommendations on mechanisms to enhance racial and ethnic diversity in engineering and develop potential strategies for overcoming these impediments.The results of this workshop can potentially inform more effective efforts to draw on the diverse population of the United States and thus improve both the number and quality of engineering graduates, as well as prepare a more diverse 21st Century workforce. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.