Advisor Perspectives on Diversity in Student Design Competition Teams

Barriers to Broadening Participation in Engineering Competition Teams

“…20,22 As reported by team member respondents in this survey, ECT advisors give little effort to team mentoring and leadership, particularly in areas that support building a diverse and inclusive culture. Advisors appear to be ancillary to team operations, often engaging only on technical issues as called upon by the team during regular faculty office hours.…”

“…For example, extreme time commitments make it virtually impossible for a student from low socio-economic status to participate since these students typically work long hours for survival. 21,22 An analysis of team members from two specific competition teams showed that even students from majority groups may miss opportunities to gain leadership, management, and experiences with racial and ethnic diverse others. 20 To determine the generalizability and transferability of the findings from a single institution to other academic institutions, we developed a survey for nation-wide distribution to ECT team members.…”

Reflections on the Process of Implementing Trauma-Informed Education Lunch and Learns

“…However, in our research, and at this time, we found this to be the most appropriate language to describe the students subjected to exclusionary structures and practices. [3][4][5] Over the last 2 decades, there have been efforts to recruit HSE students into nursing schools across the United States. 6 Still, recent data indicate that HSE students experience attrition at disproportional rates.…”

Whom Are We Serving? An Exploration of Student Demographics in a Large Engineering Design Projects Ecosystem

“…Prior research has attributed the low participation of underrepresented students to recruitment strategies and the retention of students [6]. In many engineering competition teams, the teams are student-selected, which leads to homophily (the tendency for people to have (non-negative) ties with people who are similar to themselves in socially significant ways) because students are likely to recruit friends or classmates in their social network (e.g., see [1,[6][7][8]. For example, a study that examined the culture of engineering competition teams found that half of the students recruited to the engineering competition teams were recruited by peers and friends [6].…”

“…Lastly, including more culturally relevant project opportunities may be beneficial to engage a broader group of engineering students [8]. Students with diverse backgrounds may be more excited and interested in projects that are familiar to them.…”