Filtered Gender Diversity Pathways for Domestic and International Doctoral Graduates of United States Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CompE) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Programs

摘要

Doctoral degree attainment on pathways to a tenured faculty position proceeds through levels wherein persistence differs by gender and race at every level. Using the ASEE database and other sources, this paper describes transitions along the engineering faculty pathway wherein domestic female and male electrical and computer engineering (ECE) undergraduate degree recipients have been producing the surprising result that domestic women are completing ECE doctorates at a higher rate than are domestic men. This suggests that we may have a limited understanding of the motivations and successes in doctoral study for domestic students and that we need to more broadly assess the impacts of our diversity efforts.