Summer Research of Factors Influencing High School Student's Choice of Careers in Defense Related Engineering.

Abstract

For a second year in a row, the goal of increasing the supply of minorities, women, and other students in engineering was helped by the UNITE program. This program gave the University of New Mexico College of Engineering an opportunity to work with high school counselors throughout the state of New Mexico and El Paso, Texas to identify high school juniors that express an interest in engineering studies. A large number of counselors and students were also made aware of the opportunities in engineering. The UNITE '77 summer workshop was successful from the viewpoint of the students, program staff, guest lecturers and panelists, and several individuals from Kirtland Air Force Base Weapons Laboratory. The Weapons Lab personnel gave their time to put on their excellent demonstrations, tours, and talks for the participants. The student's knowledge of the world of engineering was definitely increased, and the program staff learned what were the most beneficial activities for conducting an efficient program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA086198

Entities

People

  • Richard S. Sanchez

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Classification
  • Demonstrations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosive Testing
  • Mathematics
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • New Mexico
  • Scientific Research
  • Security
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Workshops

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Research Science/Academic Research