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Title Strategies for increasing diversity in engineering majors and careers / Monica Gray, Lincoln University, USA, Ken D. Thomas, Auburn University, USA
Published Hershey, PA : IGI, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 325 pages)
Series Advances in higher education and professional development (AHEPD) book series, 2327-6983
Advances in higher education and professional development (AHEPD) book series.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Book Series; Dedication; Editorial Advisory Board; Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; Section 1: High Impact Higher Education Pedagogical Frameworks and Practices; Chapter 1: Improving Minority Student Persistence; Chapter 2: Minority Recruitment and Retention Among Gifted Students; Chapter 3: Engineering Study Abroad; Section 2: Micro-Community or Target Approaches to Diversifying Engineering; Chapter 4: Empowering Women in STEM
Chapter 5: Developing a Learning Community of Engineers Through an Honors First-Year Seminar; Chapter 6: Engineering Teams; Chapter 7: Addressing Cultural and Gender Project Bias; Section 3: Critiques and Administrative Suggestions to Restructure Engineering Education; Chapter 8: Revisioning the Engineering Profession; Chapter 9: A Globally Focused, Experiential Educational System for STEM Fields; Chapter 10: Diversifying Engineering Education; Chapter 11: Engineering Pathways in a U.S. Public Institution of Higher Education; Chapter 12: Getting Off the Engineering Enrollment Rollercoaster
Compilation of References; About the Contributors; Index
Summary "This book is a source for global findings in engineering education promotion across all education levels. This book investigates the impact of industry-engineering interactions to improve inclusion and diversity through all stages of the engineering profession, the use of specialized programs to retain diverse populations in engineering and other topics"-- Provided by publisher
Notes "Premier reference source"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Minorities -- Education.
Minorities -- Employment.
Diversity in the workplace.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
Diversity in the workplace
Engineering -- Study and teaching
Minorities -- Education
Minorities -- Employment
Form Electronic book
Author Gray, Monica, 1976- editor.
Thomas, Ken D., 1982- editor.
LC no. 2023700993
ISBN 9781522522140
152252214X
9781522522133
1522522131