Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

situation within the State of Arkansas has been exceptionally bleak because of historical lag,where according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2005-2009 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates, the national mean percentage of full-time employed workers (age > 16) workingwithin the Architecture and Engineering (A&E) sector in Arkansas is 1.44%, last in the nation.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of [people in state] 25 and older that hold abachelors degree is only 18%, with the US average being 27.5%. The University of Arkansas,and specifically the College of Engineering (COE), has averaged 84.7 engineering masterdegrees awarded per year from 2002-11. Of this amount, only 35.7% went to [people in state],which makes it

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colby Weishaar, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Trevor Joe Dodson, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

that these tests are oriented toward the Whitemiddle-class culture [6].” A study conducted in 2010 by Unzueta et al. indicated that the surveyrespondents believed that on the math and verbal sections of the GRE the “participants expectedAsian Americans to score the highest, followed by Whites, then Blacks and Latinos [7].”Moneta-Koehler et al. found in 2017 that “students with a low socioeconomic status (SES)perform worse on standardized tests, and exams like the SAT [and the GRE] are highlycorrelated with parental income [8].” This could be part of the reason as to why groups such asAfrican Americans and Hispanics perform worse on the GRE when compared with the Asian andWhite students. Because the GRE exam costs $205 to take, it may inhibit

Conference Session

Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; Jasmine D. Crenshaw, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

talent at the crossroads,” National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, Washington DC, 20115. W.B. Harvey, “American council on education (ace), minorities in higher education twenty- first annual status report (2003-2004),” American Council on Education, 1-100, 20056. P. Gurin, E.L. Dey, E.L. Hurtado, Gurin, P., “Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes,” Harvard Educational Review, 72, 330-366, 20027. P. Gurin, B.R.A. Nagda, G.E., “The benefits of diversity in education for democratic citizenship,” Journal of Social Issues, 60(1), 17-34, 20048. A.L. Antonio, M.J. Chang, K. Hakuta, D.A. Kenny, S. Levin, & J.F. Milem, J. F. “Effects of racial

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies