Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

participants havebeen women and minorities, and 65% plan to pursue engineering in college. IntroductionBy 2010, the Department of Labor predicts a shortage of engineers in the U.S. This shortagemay be attributed to a large group of engineers who will be retiring and a lack of freshengineering talent. Less than 15% of all high school graduates in the U.S. have the math andscience background necessary to enter an undergraduate engineering curriculum.1 Only 2% ofhigh school graduates pursue engineering degrees in college, and only 0.5% of women andminority high school graduates pursue engineering degrees in college.2,3 Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

novel combination of educational opportunities that reach anincreasingly diverse population of students. IntroductionBy 2010, the Department of Labor predicts a shortage of engineers in the U.S. High schoolgraduates are neither prepared nor interested in pursuing degrees in engineering. Less than 15%of high school graduates have the required background in math and science to enter a freshmenengineering program.1 Less than 2% of high school graduates earn a degree in engineering, andless than 0.5% of female high school graduates earn a degree in engineering.2,3 Over the pastdecade, the number of engineering graduates in the U.S. has remained stagnant.4 Therefore,corporations are forced to bring in