Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

who were shown to have significantly higher perceptions of communicationand computer skills before entering college had a significant decrease in the same perceptionafter the first year of college. This is an indicator that the college experience negatively affectsthe self-efficacy of minority engineering students. It was also shown that the attitudes ofstudents at minority-serving institutions were higher, and these schools appear to retain andgraduate more minority scientists9, 13. Even though students at the HBCUs may not have highergrades, it does not appear to affect their attitudes. Some of the retention and scholarship programs that appear to have a significant impacton retention are Project Preserve and the Meyerhoff Scholars

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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Minorities in Engineering

of their community and their native culture.The WIT project enlists female scientists of Native Hawaiian ancestry who are involved in mathand science-based careers to participate in the camp and to provide mentoring for the studentparticipants. WIT also employs a team-based, instead of the individual or competition-based,paradigm which has been proven to be more effective for girls’ education. The paper will alsodiscuss methodology for building self-efficacy through highlighting astronomical navigationalscience of ancient Hawaiians juxtaposed with current day science, engineering and astronomycareers atop sacred Mount Haleakala. This paper will present survey results, anecdotal evidence,multi-year tracking and improvements/revisions to the