Strategies for increasing diversity in engineering majors and careers / / Monica Gray, Ken D. Thomas

• Autore: Gray Monica
• Pubblicazione: Hershey, PA : , : Engineering Science Reference, , [2017]; �2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxix, 325 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 620.0079
• Soggetto topico: Minorities in engineering; Women in engineering; Diversity in the workplace
• Soggetto non controllato: Cultural bias; Gender bias; Experiential education system; Gifted students; K-12 education; Minority recruitment; Study abroad programs; Support system development
• Persona (resp. second.): ThomasKen D. <1982->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Improving minority student persistence: an institutional factors approach / Yvonne R. Hilton, Monica Gray -- Minority recruitment and retention among gifted students / Chandra A. Stallworth, Ken D. Thomas -- Engineering study abroad: high impact strategy for increasing access / Monica Gray, Connie Lundy -- Empowering women in STEM: embedding STEM in K-12 education / Gretchen Dietz [and 3 others] -- Developing a learning community of engineers through an honors first-year seminar / Melissa L. Johnson, Kristy Spear -- Engineering teams: supporting diversity in engineering education / Jennifer Loy, Simon Howell, Rae Cooper -- Addressing cultural and gender project bias: engaged learning for diverse student cohorts / Jennifer Loy, Rae Cooper -- Revisioning the Engineering Profession: How to Make It Happen! / Judith Gill, Mary Ayre, Julie Mills -- A globally focused, experiential educational system for STEM fields: measures for intentionally promoting diversity / Aaron Sakulich, Amy Peterson -- Diversifying engineering education: a transdisciplinary approach from RWTH Aachen University / Linda Steuer [and 3 others] -- Engineering pathways in a U.S. public institution of higher education: a strategy for fostering student diversity / Fabiola Ehlers-Zavala, Anthony Maciejewski -- Getting off the engineering enrollment rollercoaster: interaction between academia and upstream petroleum industry / Tatyana Plaksina.
• Sommario/riassunto: "[This book] is an essential reference work for the latest research on the need for diversity and inclusion within the engineering workforce and provides approaches to restructure engineering education to achieve this goal. Featuring expansive coverage on a broad range of topics including minority recruitment, experiential education systems, and study abroad programs, this book is ideally designed for students, professionals, academic advisors, and recruitment officers seeking current research on ways to diversify engineering education and careers"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategies for increasing diversity in engineering majors and careers
• ISBN: 9781522522133; 9781522522126
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159445703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Premier reference source.; Advances in higher education and professional development (AHEPD) book series.