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Gaining an initial understanding of these questions will provide the authors with a basis to
develop strategies for recruitment and retention of Black engineering students to NSBE,
and ultimately improve retention for Blacks in engineering, bridging the engineering
diversity gap in the United States.
Methodology
Subjects
Subjects were 63 undergraduate engineering students who consented to participate. Each
student is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The distribution of
the sample by class (Table 1), and gender (Table 2) is provided below. There were 15
freshmen in the sample, 17 sophomores, 16 juniors and 15 seniors. The sample included
37 males and 26 females.
Instrument
Table 1: Distribution of sample size by class
Table 2: Distribution of sample size by gender
The LAESE (Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Self-efficacy) instrument was
created, tested, and validated to measure self-efficacy, inclusion, and outcome
expectations by Marra and Bogue (2006). The subscales measured by the LAESE
instrument are as follows:
Proceedings of Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011
Madrid, 4 th - 7 th October 2011