3. The “New”
American Dilemma
The relative absence of African Americans,
American Indians, and Latinos in STEM study
and careers, and the requirement to reverse
this situation to better compete globally, is
what we refer to as the “New” American
Dilemma.
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4. Our Mission
What Is NACME?
To ensure American competitiveness in a flat world by leading and
supporting the national effort to expand U.S. capability through
increasing the number of successful African American, American
Indian, and Latino women and men in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.
Our Vision
An engineering workforce that looks like America.
Our Goal
Working with our partners to produce an engineering graduating class
that looks like America.
Our Purpose
Our aim is to increase the proportion of African American, American
Indian, and Latino graduates in STEM education and careers, our
metric is parity in the workforce, and our methodology is connecting
the network of like-minded individuals and organizations that share a
commitment to these aims.
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5. Board of Directors
Role of the Board of Directors: provide support and advocacy for NACME’s mission.
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8. U.S. Population by Race and Ethnicity
2010 2030 2050
12% 12% 3%
12% 1% 2%
5% 6% 8%
1% 1% 1%
16% 46%
65% 56% 23%
30%
KEY
White Black AI/AN/NHPI Hispanic Asian Two or more races
Source: Analysis of U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates by Race and Hispanic Origin, 2010-2050.
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9. NACME’s Goal:
An Engineering Workforce that Looks Like America
Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees, 2009 U.S. Population, 2009
(n = 69,902, excl. foreign students) (n = 310,233,000)
American
American Indian/
Indian/ Alaska
Alaska Native Asian
Native 1% American
0.5%
5%
Asian
All other African
American
All other 12% 66% American
African 12%
75%
American
5%
Latino
8%
Latino
16%
Source: ASEE, 2010 Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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10. NACME STEM Integration Model
NACME will integrate existing program elements into a unified continuum that leverages
existing partnerships for students to move along the NACME Continuum from:
a) Academies of Engineering (AOEs) to NACME
Partner Institutions and linkages to their
community colleges
b) NACME Scholars to the Alfred P. Sloan Community
Foundation Minority Ph.D. and Sloan College
Graduate
Indigenous Graduate Partnership Program School
faculty
c) NACME Scholars to board companies for the Pre-
Engineering
purpose of gaining hands-on engineering
experience in a summer internship/co-op
assignment or to seek a full-time position
d) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Ph.D.
and Sloan Indigenous Graduate University STEM
Partnership Program Scholars to NACME Workforce
Board Companies
11. NACME Partner Institutions
50 Partner Institutions as of August 2012
Purdue U
Illinois Inst. of Tech.
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
Kansas State U
U of Akron
Kettering U Bucknell U
U of Illinois-Urbana
Milwaukee School of Cornell U
U of Missouri, Columbia
Engineering City College of NY
U of Missouri, Kansas City
Missouri U of Science & Drexel U
U of Oklahoma
Technology Fairfield U
NJIT
RIT
Rutgers, SUNJ
Polytechnic Inst.
of NYU
West Stevens Institute
Syracuse U
Midwest U of Bridgeport
U of Maryland,
Baltimore Co.
U of Central Florida
Florida A&M U
California State –LA
California State –Sac.
University of Alaska Southwest Southeast Florida Int’l U
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State U
U of Colorado–Boulder North Carolina A&T State U
U of Washington Polytechnic U of Puerto Rico
U of California–San Diego Tennessee Tech U
U of Southern California Tuskegee U
U of Arkansas
Northern Arizona U of Kentucky
Prairie View A&M Virginia Tech
U of Texas–El Paso West Virginia U
U of Texas–San Antonio
U of Houston
New Partner Institutions in red.
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12. Graduating Scholars Survey
An annual report on NACME
Scholars who graduated to
determine:
• Scholars’ level of satisfaction with
instructional and support features
of their undergraduate engineering
program
• Research and/or internship
experiences acquired by the
Scholars during their undergraduate
degree program
• Post graduation employment
positions and relatedness to their
degree program
• Graduate education coursework and
degree plans
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13. Preparedness by Students’ High School to
Pursue an Engineering Degree
100% 2 1 3
7 9 8 9 6
90%
80%
13 Very Unprepared
17
23
70%
37
44 Somewhat
60%
35
Unprepared
50% 32
Moderately Well
40% Prepared
30% 53
Very Well Prepared
20% 38
29 31
27
10%
0%
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14. Students’ Experiences with
Attending Community College
100%
1
8 1 Started at comm. college,
1
90% 7 earned associate's, then
5 3 6
80% 8 transferred to a 4-yr
5
15 3
70% 2 1 Took classes at comm. college
3 and then transferred to a 4-yr
60%
50%
Took classes at comm. college
40%
9 while enrolled at 4-yr
56 18 23 15
30%
12
20%
Did not attend a community
10%
college
0%
Total VHR HR < Ph.D. HBCU HSI
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15. NACME Scholar – Jennifer Mosquera
Institutions: Essex County Community
College; New Jersey Institute of Technology Profile of Accomplishments
Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Spoke at a briefing NACME held on
Cumulative GPA: 4.0 Capitol Hill to present its latest
Graduation Date: May 2011 research on Community College
transfers
- Worked for Ecosystem, a
Manhattan-based energy services
company, and oversaw the
conversion of a network of steam
boilers to hot water in a building in
New York, which conserved energy
and cut costs
- Enrolled in a master’s degree
program in mechanical engineering
at NJIT in the fall of 2012
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16. Financial Aid
Percent Number
NACME scholarship 88% 68
Fellowship or scholarships other than NACME 82% 63
Federal or state grant (e.g., Pell grants, Lottery Scholarships, etc.) 62% 48
Student loans from the school you attended, the federal or state
43% 33
government repayable after you leave school
Earnings from internships/co-ops or other non-work-study
56% 43
employment
Financial support from parents, spouse, relatives, not to be repaid 42% 32
Work-study 30% 23
Tuition Waivers 20% 15
Financial assistance from your employer 10% 8
Loans from banks that are not specifically student loans 9% 7
Loans from parents or other relatives (to be repaid) 10% 8
Credit Cards 17% 13
GI Bill benefits 4% 3
Armed forces reserves or ROTC funds 3% 2
n 77
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18. Student Internship Employers
Student Internship Employers (2008-2011)
2008-2011
Company Name Number
Raytheon 13
Lockhead Martin 12
General Electric 12
The Boeing Company 10
Intel Corporation 8
General Motors 5
John Deere 4
NASA 4
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19. NACME Scholar – Tariq Walker
Institution: North Carolina A&T Profile of Accomplishments
Major: Architectural Engineering – Inducted into Phi Alpha Epsilon
(PAE) – Architectural Engineering
Cumulative GPA: 3.89 Honor Society
Graduation Date: May 2012
– Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
research grant recipient-- project in
Structural Engineering
– Served two summer internships with
the Army Corps of Engineers in
Germany
– Volunteers to increase awareness
about “stepping out” through
working or studying abroad to
improve professional advancement
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21. NACME Scholars’ Educational
Plans for the Next 12 Months
Pursue Some
Graduate School
Coursework
Pursue an MBA
Other 26%
13%
10%
Pursue a
Master's Degree
in Engineering
51%
(n = 119)
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22. Summary
• NACME’s STEM Integration Model – Pipeline from AOEs to
NACME Partner Institutions (and beyond)
• Graduating Scholar Survey Results:
– Students felt most prepared for mathematics out of High School
– 33 percent of NACME Scholars attended Community College
– Students took advantage of internship opportunities and
attended conferences
– From 2009-11, 30 percent of students accepted a full-time job,
and 33 percent were planning to pursue graduate work
– From 2009-11, for those working toward graduate school, 51
percent planned to pursue a master’s degree in engineering
