Diversity Programs in Engineering
The Diversity Programs in the Engineering office operates programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels to facilitate the outreach, recruitment, retention, and overall success of underrepresented minorities, women, and other underrepresented groups in Engineering. Latino/a students represent over 20% of the participants in the program.
Institution:
Cornell University
Academic Level:
Baccalaureate
Issue Area:
Outreach
Issue Area:
Retention
Year:
2010
Designation:
Examples of Excelencia
Designation:
Finalist
Key Personnel:
Hernandez, Sara
Address:
146 Olin Hall
City:
Ithica
State:
NY
Zip:
14853 Website:
Goal/Mission:
The vision of the Program was to create an office that would operate and develop programs at the pre-college, undergraduate, graduate, and faculty levels to facilitate the outreach, recruitment, retention, and overall success of underrepresented minorities, women, and other underrepresented groups in Engineering.
Outcome:
The 5-year graduation rates of Latino/a engineering students increased from 58.9% for the 2002-2007 cohort to 69.4% for the 2004-2009 cohort. Additionally, it is important to note that many of the Latino/a students that did not ultimately graduate from the College of Engineering still went on to graduate from another college within Cornell University. Of the Latino/a students that entered the College of Engineering in 2002, 72% of them went on to graduate from any college within Cornell University within five years. For the Latino/a students entering Engineering in 2004, their 5-year graduate rate from any college within the university rose to 79%. The structure of CU EMPower has been presented as a best practices model at national conferences.
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