University minority engineering programs

The agenda for a university minority program is examined. The purposes of the program are to recruit minority students into the engineering/science field, conduct a pre-college program for junior high students, and provide support for minority engineering students currently enrolled in the university. The focus will be on how a minority engineering program functions in a university setting. Programs such as the minority engineering have the potential of contributing significantly to the retention and eventual graduation of future engineers. It is hoped that this type of program designed to assist in the recruiting and motivating of minority students can, in the future, serve as a model to support all incoming freshman engineering/science students.