{"product_id":"changing-the-face-of-engineering-john-brooks-slaughter-9781421418148","title":"Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can academic institutions, corporations, and policymakers foster African American participation and advancement in engineering?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor much of America's history, African Americans were discouraged or aggressively prevented from becoming scientists and engineers. Those who did enter STEM fields found that their inventions and discoveries were often neither recognized nor valued. Even today, particularly in the field of engineering, the participation of African American men and women is shockingly low, and some evidence indicates that the situation might be getting worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChanging the Face of Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty-four eminent scholars address the underrepresentation of African Americans in engineering from a wide variety of disciplinary and professional perspectives while proposing workable classroom solutions and public policy initiatives. They combine robust statistical analyses with personal narratives of African American engineers and STEM instructors who, by taking evidenced-based approaches, have found success in graduating African American engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanging the Face of Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the continued underrepresentation of African Americans in engineering impairs the ability of the United States to compete successfully in the global marketplace. This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policymakers, corporations, and higher education institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Brooks Slaughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421418142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421418148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.50w x 1.20d","brand":"John Brooks Slaughter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449575092479,"sku":"9781421418148","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30b70037-0d33-4031-aaa7-e692e96d61e8.jpg?v=1777263996","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/changing-the-face-of-engineering-john-brooks-slaughter-9781421418148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}