Conference Session

Broadening Perspectives in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Mosier, Oklahoma State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Tulio Sulbaran, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

]. While this paper is focused on minorities in construction, the existingliterature provides insight into what is currently collected and reported. As of 2010, there wereapproximately 1.5 million persons in U.S. engineering roles, and they identified as 72% White,1% two or more races, 4% Black, 17% Asian, and 5% Hispanic [19], as depicted in Figure 3.Hispanic persons were not identified separately in Figure 3 but are 13.5% Hispanic and 86.5%non-Hispanic [15]. Figure 3. Construction Manager Workforce by Race [15]United States Minority College DemographicMinorities represent a significant portion of the U.S. demographics. According to the U.S.Census Bureau [20], minorities (non-white alone) represent 41.1% of the population in