scholarly journals Richmond Area Program For Minorities In Engineering Summer Engineering Institute

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalyn Hobson ◽  
Kenneth Burbank
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Institute ◽  
Minorities In Engineering

Expert survey and analysis of the results

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Vladimir O. Tolcheev
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research University ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Educational Modules ◽  
Training Modules ◽  
Engineering Institute ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Statistical Criteria

The issues of organizing an expert survey and carrying out statistical processing and analysis of the results are considered. The experts are the fifth-year students undergoing training at the Department of Management and Informatics «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» of the National Research University. The goal of the survey is revealing the disciplines that are most useful for employment in their specialty. We discuss the special features of the survey and a concept of «work in the specialty», with due regard for statistical reliability of the results. Data of written questionnaire gained in 2018 were processed and analyzed using cluster analysis (construction of dendrograms and application of the K-means method) and non-parametric statistical criteria (Friedman and Mann – Whitney – Wilcoxon). Data processing is implemented in the program STATISTICA. The analysis is carried out to reveal significant differences between the educational courses and assess the degree of consistency of the respondents to divide them into clusters that unite the students with similar judgments. Data analysis revealed that experts’ estimates in 2018 are in fairly good agreement with the estimates of previous studies; among the respondents there are three coalitions corresponding to the training modules «Software», «Management Theory», «Data Analysis»; the overall consistency of students in the two groups is very low (and, on the contrary, high in the identified clusters); grades are homogeneous and do not depend on training groups (and employment – unemployment of the respondents). The obtained results allow us to address a number of important questions regarding the ways of improving the educational process, e.g., to optimize yearly course hours for different educational modules.

Minorities in Engineering: Pre-College Motivation and Preparation

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-380
Author(s):  
Staff
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Community Members ◽  
School Students ◽  
Industrial Organizations ◽  
Regional Basis ◽  
College Motivation ◽  
Minorities In Engineering

Because minorities hold a disproportionately low number of jobs in engineering and related professions, a program to attract and prepare more minority high school students for these fields has been developed and tested nationwide. New supplementary curriculum materials that apply practical life-experience situations of our technological society to basic mathematics, science, communications and guidance principles are provided. By using these materials, it is hoped that students will see the nature of modern technology and engineering and the strong interrelationship between technology and the quality of life for individuals. Since the positive attitude and influence of teachers, parents, and community members are necessary for the implementation of the minorities-in-engineering program, special activities, audio-visual aids, and workshops have been designed to interest and motivate teachers, administrators, parents, and community and industrial organizations for use on a regional basis.

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