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JS London, WC Lee, BA Watford… - Journal of Women …, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com

Climbing Uphill: Toward a Common Agenda for the Advancement of Black Americans in Engineering.

STEM and "broadening participation"

Lee, London

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This position paper presents a set of categorized and prioritized recommendations from a multi-year project focused on developing a common agenda regarding the advancement of Black Americans in engineering. Though broadening participation has been an expressed goal at the national level for decades, few would dispute the claim that not enough progress has been made as it relates to Black Americans' access to and experiences in engineering. To increase the likelihood of progress, the commitment of actors from different sectors to a …