Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

statistically significant differences between students who racially identifiedas white compared to those who racially identified as non-white at the start of the course (p=2.92x 10-3). Students who identified as non-white scored 75.68% ± 4.45% and students who identifiedas white scored 83.40% ± 2.20% at the start of the course (Figure 3). At the end of the course,however, there were no significant differences between these two groups (p=4.86 x 10-1). We found significant differences among students’ scores at the start of the course basedon the highest level of education attained by their mother (p=4.71 x 10-02, Figure 4). Studentswhose mother earned a graduate degree (master’s or PhD) scored 82.34% ± 3.19% at the start ofthe course. Students