NSF-GEE Project: Increasing the Number of Minoirities Earning Doctoral Degrees in Engineering

弗吉尼亚大学（University of Virginia）的这个项目计划将获得工程博士学位的少数族裔学生人数增加到每年至少三人。该项目将以1986年开始的一项强有力的、积极的少数族裔项目为基础并加以扩展。重点是那些经验表明少数族裔申请者最多的领域，即化学工程、电气工程、机械和航空航天工程以及系统工程。这些部门的成功将鼓励更多的少数族裔博士进入其他工程和应用科学部门。组织和管理计划以当前少数民族研究生项目成功的管理结构为蓝本。

The program at the University of Virginia plans to increase the number of minority students earning the Ph.D. degree in engineering to at least three per year. The project will build on and extend a strong and aggressive minority program started in 1986. The focus is on fields where experience has shown them to expect the largest minority applicant pool, namely, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and systems engineering. Success in those departments will encourage more minority Ph.D.s in other departments of engineering and applied science. The organization and management plan is modeled on the management structure found successful in the current minority graduate program.