Georgia Tech Honored for Efforts to Increase Minorities in Engineering
“I am proud that our efforts to improve diversity span the full spectrum.” - Dr. Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech
Staff Report The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) has presented its annual University Rising Star Award to the Georgia Institute of Technology for its commitment to providing successful outreach and support programs that address the needs of underrepresented minorities in engineering. Georgia Tech’s efforts in addressing such needs have traditionally received recognition from various sources. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, for instance, ranks the University No. 1 in multiple categories: engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to all minority students, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to African Americans, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to Hispanics and engineering doctoral degrees awarded to all …
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Marc
10:55 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
I wonder how many Chinese or Indian companies (the next century's major global economic powers) struggle to ensure racial, or even sexual, diversity on their board's.... more ›