Implementing and Integrating International Research into the Engineering Curriculum at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and the University of the West Indies, Trinidad

摘要

Educating engineers to meet the needs of today's global economy and diverse workforce involves preparing culturally competent individuals as well as providing increased access to members of under-represented, under-prepared and minority groups (UUMs). Minorities and Females constitute about 4% and 15% of the engineering workforce while accounting for over 13% and 50% of the general U.S. population respectively. This status quo is maintained by disproportionately high attrition rates from engineering programs among UUMs, ranging from 49% for Females to 62% among African Americans.