Abstract
According to figures announced last week by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), undergraduate engineering programs last year experienced the first gains in freshman enrollments since 1982, thanks to strong growth in the number of minority students opting to study engineering. At its ninth annual conference, held last week in Washington, D.C., NACME announced new statistical data showing that blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians accounted for more than 55% of the national increase in 1988 freshman engineering enrollments. Overall, freshman minority engineering enrollments have increased from less than 10% of all freshman enrollments in 1986 to more than 12% of such enrollments in 1988. NACME minority statistics do not include Asians because Asian students are well represented in engineering programs. The number of underrepresented minority students who began their engineering education last fall rose to 11,754, a spectacular 14% increase from the 10,325 who enrolled the pr...
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