The Production of Engineering Doctoral Degrees for Women and Underrepresented Minorities: An Institutional Capital Examination

• In Event: Recruiting and Advancement of Underrepresented Groups in the Professions

Abstract

This study used institutional productivity as a way to examine the relationship between institutional factors and doctoral degree production for women and underrepresented minorities (URMs) in engineering programs. Data were drawn from the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE) Engineering College Profiles and Statistics, U.S. News & World Report’s (USNWR) ranking of graduate programs, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and Association of American Universities (AAU) listing of member institutions. Significant results were found for variables related to the rate of women and URM professors employed at the full professor-level, percentage of women and URMs enrolled at the undergraduate and master’s-level, AAU status, USNWR rank, doctoral cohort size, and average annual research expenditures.

Author

• Amanda Ostreko, The University of Kansas