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Bridging Engineering Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Diverse World

Explore the role of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and flagships in engineering education, focusing on energy sustainability, urban infrastructure, diversity, and workforce competitiveness. Learn about initiatives, collaboration opportunities, and the importance of diversifying the engineering workforce for innovation and global competitiveness.

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Bridging Engineering Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Diverse World

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  1. Dean’s Meeting February 8, 2010 HSI Viewpoint

  2. Engineering Grand Challenges • Energy Sustainability in a Carbon Constrained World • Make solar energy economical • Develop carbon sequestration methods • Engineering and Manufacturing Tools for Biomedical Discovery and Innovation • Engineer better medicines • Engineering the tools of scientific discovery • Assessment and Management of Decaying Urban Infrastructure • Restore and improve urban infrastructure

  3. Missing Grand Challenge • Diversification of the Engineering Workforce • Why is diversity important? • Diversity Drives Innovation • No longer a “feel good” initiative • Read “The Difference” by Scott Page • Identity diversity Cognitive diversity • Global Workforce Competitiveness • Tap into under-represented groups

  4. Census Data Percentage Population Year

  5. College Aspirations by Race • 10th Graders (Source : National Education Longitudinal Study 1988 & 2003) 88% 81% 78% 73% 70% 61% 58% 1990 47% 2003 Asian Black Hispanic White

  6. ASEE Data

  7. ASEE Data

  8. Crossing the Finish LineWilliam Bowen, President Emeritus Princeton

  9. Crossing the Finish Line

  10. Crossing the Finish Line

  11. Role of Flagships and HSI’s • Flagships • Morrill Land-Grant Act history • Meet the needs of predominant industry - agriculture • Uncommon education for the common man • Chartered when 10% of population graduated high school • Transformed to current mode (research, highly selective) by • Vannevar Bush – Science, the Endless Frontier - NSF • National Defense Education Act, Higher Education Act

  12. Role of Flagships and HSI’s • Hispanic Serving Institutions • Regional universities serving urban center • HSI by nature of regional demographics • Often driven by local market needs • Transitioning from teaching focus to research intensive • Struggle between access and excellence (research)

  13. UTEP

  14. UTEP • Key Initiatives • Access and Excellence • University vision from top to bottom • Scholarships and Financial Aid • El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence • Closed loop of educational attainment • Circles of Learning for Entering Students • Learning communities • Engineering Ambassadors • Engineering students in middle and high schools • Percentage of Hispanic Faculty

  15. Diversificationof Engineering Workforce • Requires collaboration between flagships and HSI’s (and everything in between) • Increase number of Hispanic graduate students and faculty • Research collaborations in areas of interest to students, world • Pipeline development from middle school to community college • Involvement of industry

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