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Kishibay, C. O. – Engineering Education, 1974
Describes a program which seeks out minority students with a potential for engineering education, inspires them to enter the program, enrolls them in an intensive seven-week remediation phase, and matriculates them into a college of engineering. (GS)
Descriptors: College Science, Disadvantaged Youth, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Senhouse, Lionel S. – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses the objectives and activities carried out by the Minority Engineering Education Effort Task Force, including summer program planning and production and distribution of guidance literature and audio-visual aids. Contained is a list of the Task Force members. (CC)
Descriptors: Career Education, Engineering, Engineering Education, Guidance
Stonewater, Jerry K. – Engineering Education, 1981
Describes and evaluates strategies used to increase minority enrollment at Michigan State University's College of Engineering. The three-year (1974-77) program focused on the development of recruitment programs and the design of innovative curricula and counseling programs to retain students until they successfully graduated from engineering. (SK)
Descriptors: College Science, Counseling Services, Engineering Education, Enrollment
Turner, B. A. – Engineering Education, 1974
Summarizes the Minority Manpower Resources Project conducted through the joint efforts of the NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center and Texas Southern University. Indicates that the main reason for the project's success is the identification, careful screening of high quality ethnic minority students. (CC)
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Career Education, College Students, Engineering Education
Landis, Raymond B. – Engineering Education, 1988
Discusses some of the barriers that impede minority success in college and gives suggestions for overcoming them. Describes the California Minority Engineering Program (MEP) as a successful program that has been replicated at several California universities. Presents the three structural elements and gives suggestions for starting a MEP program.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Science, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Tobin, Alexander; Woodring, Richard – Engineering Education, 1988
This article describes a precollege intervention program known as the Philadelphia Regional Introduction for Minorities in Engineering. The goals and objectives, essential elements, and history of the program are discussed. Several ideas for program administrators are listed. (CW)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Engineering Education, Females
Kimmel, Howard; And Others – Engineering Education, 1988
Describes the comprehensive approach taken by the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology to motivate and prepare students for higher education. Discusses precollege programs, secondary school programs, and elementary school programs. Explores the impact of the program on the success of the students. (MVL)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, College Programs, Elementary School Science
