African American males in engineering: Past, present, and a future of opportunity

Abstract

Countless pundits have referred to young African American males as an “endangered species.” While this description of the state of African American male youth between the ages of 18 and 25 years can be said to apply in many different circumstances, nowhere is it more apt than in engineering education. Their rates of matriculation, persistence, and graduation in engineering trail not only those of their white, Latino, and Asian counterparts but those of African American females as well.

Citation

Brooks Slaughter, J. (2009), "African American males in engineering: Past, present, and a future of opportunity", Frierson, H.T., Wyche, J.H. and Pearson, W. (Ed.) Black American Males in Higher Education: Research, Programs and Academe (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2009)0000007012