TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slaughter,John Brooks
AU  - Tao,Yu
AU  - Pearson,Willie,Jr
TI  - Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience
SN  - 9781421418155
AV  - TA157  .C436 2015 
U1  - 620.008996073 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - African American engineers
KW  - Engineering-Study and teaching (Higher)-United States
KW  - African Americans-Education (Higher)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Foreword, by Shirley Ann Jackson -- Introduction / John Brooks Slaughter -- Part One: Historical Background -- 1. A Brief History of the Collaborative Minority Engineering Effort: A Personal Account / Percy A. Pierre -- Part Two: Educational Systems -- 2. African American Engineering Deans of Majority-Serving Institutions in the United States / Cheryl B. Leggon -- 3. Engineering the Future: African Americans in Doctoral Engineering Programs / Yu Tao and Sandra L. Hanson -- 4. African American Women and Men into Engineering: Are Some Pathways Smoother Than Others? / Lindsey E. Malcom-Piqueux and Shirley M. Malcom -- 5. Clarifying the Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Engineering Education / Tafaya Ransom -- 6. Beyond the Black-White Minority Experience: Undergraduate Engineering Trends among African Americans / Sybrina Y. Atwaters, John D. Leonard II, and Willie Pearson, Jr. -- Part Three: Workforce Participation -- 7. Profiles of Distinguished African American Engineers at NASA / Carl S. Person and Lenell Allen -- 8. African American Engineers in Business and Industry / Rodney Adkins and Garland L. Thompson -- 9. Socializing African American Female Engineers into Academic Careers: The Case of the Cross-Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty / Cheryl B. Leggon and Gilda A. Barabino -- 10. Race for the Gold: African Americans-Honorific Awards and Recognition / Tyrone D. Taborn and Lango Deen -- Part Four: Policies and Programs to Broaden Participation -- 11. College Me, Career Me: Building K-12 Student Identities for Success in Engineering / Darryl N. Williams and Angelicque Tucker-Blackmon -- 12. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for African American Students: A Critical Review of Promising and Best Practices / Irving Pressley McPhail; 13. Spelman's Dual-Degree Engineering Program: A Path for Engineering Diversification / Carmen K. Sidbury, Jennifer S. Johnson, and Retina Q. Burton -- 14. Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering: Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program / Kenneth I. Maton, Karen M. Watkins-Lewis, Tiffany Beason, and Freeman A. Hrabowski III -- Part Five: Future Directions -- 15. Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Generation / Daryl E. Chubin -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
N2  - This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policymakers, corporations, and higher education institutions
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