*** 9614141 Morrison REC 9614141 PI: Catherine Morrison and George Campbell Jr. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Retention of Under represented Minority Students in Engineering: A Longitudinal Study at Seven Sites Amount: $1,867,833 Submitted by NACME to establish the relative importance of factors that will improve the retention of under represented minority undergraduate engineering students. It further sought to clarify the factors that contribute to the retention of particular ethnic or racial groups and which apply to most or all minority engineering students. The study hypothesis was that policy implications required change in the culture of institutions of engineering. The goals of the study were to understand the processes of minority retention, to provide information on the mechanisms that enable changes in policies and practices, and to generalize to a broader policy for other engineering programs in higher education.
