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Christopher B. Newman Walter Allen, Co-Chair Shaun Harper, Co-Chair Mitchell Chang, Member

Access and Success for African American Engineers and Computer Scientists: A Case Study of Two Predominantly White Public Research Universities. Christopher B. Newman Walter Allen, Co-Chair Shaun Harper, Co-Chair Mitchell Chang, Member Sylvia Hurtado , Member Michael Stoll, Member.

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Christopher B. Newman Walter Allen, Co-Chair Shaun Harper, Co-Chair Mitchell Chang, Member

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  1. Access and Success for African American Engineers and Computer Scientists: A Case Study of Two Predominantly White Public Research Universities Christopher B. Newman Walter Allen, Co-Chair Shaun Harper, Co-Chair Mitchell Chang, Member Sylvia Hurtado, Member Michael Stoll, Member

  2. Research Questions • Quantitative • How do individual and institutional factors differentially affect engineering and computer science baccalaureate degree attainment for African American students, who enter college with the intention of majoring in engineering or computer science?

  3. Research Questions • Qualitative • How do schools of engineering, characterized as top producers of African Americans with baccalaureate degrees in engineering, encourage or impede the support of African American engineering and computer science students? • How do institutional agents, programmatic interventions, co-curricular involvement, and engagement opportunities support or discourage participants’ persistence through the engineering pipeline?

  4. Mixed Methods • Phase 1: Quantitative analysis • Multinomial Logistic Regression (n=657) • HERI The Freshman Survey (2004) & National Student Clearinghouse (2009) • Phase 2: Qualitative data collection and analysis • Porter State University & Baldwin University • 70 Participants • Current Students: 37 • Alumni: 8 • Faculty: 9 • Administrators: 16

  5. Quantitative Results • Degree Completers in Engineering • Private high school: 13.6% * • Average high school grade: 7% *** • Top 50 producer of Black engineers (B.S.): 19.8% * • Degree Completers in Science and Mathematics • Average high school grade: 1% * • Years of high school mathematics: 5.9% * • HBCU: 7.5% * • Reference group: Non-STEM degree completers • Delta-P’s reported

  6. Qualitative Findings • Institutional Contexts and Support Structures • Summer Bridge • Outreach and Pre-college Programs • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) • Race, Gender, and Interpersonal Relationships • Same Race vs. Different Race Faculty • Women in Engineering • Engineering Successful Outcomes • Challenges and Success • Graduate School vs. Industry

  7. Implications Soft funding and corporate sponsorships Tenure and promotion rewards Faculty advisors Outreach Future research different institutional contexts

  8. Conceptual Model Historical Legacy Structural Diversity Psychological Dimension Behavioral Dimension Institutional Context Initial Interest Engineering Success Academic Support Peer Support Engagement Opportunities Outreach and Precollege Programs Institutional Commitment to Diversity

  9. Questions & Comments

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