Surmounting the Barriers: Ethnic Diversity in Engineering Education: Summary of a Workshop by National Academy of Engineering

Author:National Academy of Engineering
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2014-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

Any strategy proposed to overcome impediments should have implicit or explicit answers to questions such as these. There should also be explicit acknowledgment of institutional issues associated with efforts to foster innovation in higher education, such as those discussed in a recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education [3]:

Richard K. Boyer: “It’s not uncommon to see a ‘silo’ mentality where there’s little incentive, let alone reward, to work outside one’s immediate department.”

José Cruz: “Leaders need to emphasize that efforts to improve student success are not about lowering standards and expectations, but rather about high expectations coupled with high levels of support. And they need to validate and replicate success by investing in the institutionalization of proven initiatives.”

Susan Herbst: “What faculty hate—rightfully so—is change they don’t understand or…that is out of their control.”

Anne-Marie Nuñez: “When…experiments are coupled with careful collection and analysis of data (including studying financial aid thresholds and tracking students’ experiences in college), institutions can adjust their policies and deploy their resources to serve more diverse students.”

Robert Samuels: “The biggest thing blocking true innovation in higher education is that there is no shared understanding of how to judge and monitor instructional quality.”

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