Promising "disruptive progress," the engineering college at the
University of California (UC), Berkeley, has named an associate dean, Oscar Dubon, for
equity and
inclusion to help it increase the number of students and faculty
members from underrepresented groups.
The college's first step will be to improve its "yield"—the percentage
of students who actually enroll after being admitted into either the
undergraduate or graduate engineering program. The Dean Sastry believes
that more money would make a big difference. "Fellowship support is the
primary factor
in improving yield" at the graduate level, he says. Winning over
high school students is more complicated, he admits, and the college
plans to try
everything from overnight visits to summer research experiences.
The plan also discusses various approaches to improving student
retention rates, as
well as a long-term strategy for recruiting more minority and
female faculty members.
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