American Society for Engineering Education Diversity Initiatives AAES Diversity Summit September 17, 2003 Sherra Kerns ASEE President-Elect

American Society for Engineering Education The American Society for Engineering Education is committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. Founded in 1893 12,000 individual members 500 institutional members A history of shaping engineering education with ideas that chart new directions in the field

ASEE Diversity Initiatives across all engineering disciplines pre-college through life-long learning multiple implementation channels strong focus on K-12 and filling the pipeline

Collaborations across Disciplines Engineering education leaders Engineering Deans Council 316 member schools give 98% of U.S. B.S.’s in ENG Annual Public Policy Colloquium, Engineering Deans Institute connect deans with government & industry representatives Engineering Technology Council Leadership organization for Engineering Technology schools Annual Engineering Technology Leadership Institute

ASEE EngineeringK12 Center an initiative to understand and communicate how outreach programs run by ASEE member institutions, academic and corporate, boost the quality and number of engineering students and professionals by advancing K-12 science and math education http://www.engineeringk12.org/

ASEE EngineeringK12 Center’s Goals: To coordinate assessments of K-12 science and math education outreach programs and stimulate: Research-based analysis of what works and why Portability to allow program operators to perform self-studies and continues self-improvement

Additional K-12 ASEE Initiatives K-12 ASEE Division University researchers and K-12 practitioners in collaboration New Workshop at Annual Conference site Presentations and networking to celebrate and exchange best practices

Post-College Educational Opportunities Large-scale education projects for engineering students and faculty: $30 million annually in graduate fellowships Faculty summer residencies with NASA, the Office of Naval Research, and the Army Research Laboratory Graduate doctoral support for under-represented minorities

Learnon.org ASEE’s continuing engineering education web-site: Searchable with ASEE-developed software Over 7,000 courses 100,000 jobs listed Users from 50 Fortune 500 companies 100,000 “hits” a month

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ASEE Diversity Initiatives across all engineering disciplines pre-college through life-long learning multiple implementation channels strong focus on K-12 and filling the pipeline

American Society for Engineering Education