(73c) Growing a Multi-Cultural Engineering Workforce: An Aiche and Nsbe Strategic Partnership
AIChE Annual Meeting
2016
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
Education Division
Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom
Monday, November 14, 2016 - 8:34am to 8:51am
One obvious opportunity to increase the number of engineering graduates from every segment of the domestic population to maximum participation levels in all areas of this burgeoning sector. AIChE and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) have answered the call by developing a strategic partnership to increase the number of graduates from underrepresented populations by supporting collegiate chapters to collaborate to improve academic outcomes of diverse chemical and biological engineering students in college.
This talk outlines the elements of the partnership, and suggests engagement strategies colleges of engineering can leverage NSBE and AIChE collegiate chapters to improve their ability to recruit, educate, retain and graduate engineers who are currently underrepresented among all graduates. This presentation also introduces a learning ecosystem that demonstrates how NSBE chapters are successful at fostering academic self-confidence, institutional integration, positive identity development and effective learning strategies.