Recommendation
Educate faculty, staff, and students for cultural competency, awareness of stereotypes and unconscious biases. Cultural competence requires that one value the contributions, knowledge and worth of members of different groups. Cultural competence derives from an awareness and understanding of different cultures and allows respectful communication between members of different social and cultural groups including race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, ability, language, or socioeconomic statuses.
Supporting References
‘I Wish I Belonged More in this Whole Engineering Group:’ Achieving Individual Diversity
“Is Transfer Credit a Strategy for Success or a Prescription for Failure?
What’s to keep you from dropping out?’ — Student Immigration into and within Engineering
Collaborating on a case study: Data analysis
Academic Struggles and Strategies: How Minority Students Persist
How to function in and with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, cross-epistemology research team!
Social Science Research in Engineering Education: Lessons Learned
Advisor Perspectives on Diversity in Student Design Competition Teams
Barriers to Broadening Participation in Engineering Competition Teams
Building Diversity in Engineering Competition Teams by Modeling Industry Best-Practice
Leadership, Management, and Diversity: Missed Opportunities within Student Design Competition Teams