Peers Brochure 4 (Color)
Peers Brochure 4 (Color)
Peers Brochure 4 (Color)
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Engage in an in-depth weekly dialogue with other students. Enlighten yourself with informative weekly articles. Explore paid internship opportunities as a PEERs Leader upon successful completion of the course. Autumn Quarter Tuesdays 1:30 - 2:20 PM Location LOW 205
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Topics Include:
Are Emily and Brendon more employable than Lakisha and Jamal?
Diversity in Engineering?
* College-educated women in engineering earn 78% of what college-educated men in engineering earn. (Whats it Worth, 2011) * The percentage of women engineering students varies by discipline, ranging from 7.9% (in computer eng.) to 43.7% (in environmental eng.) (ASEE Profiles in Eng, 2010) * Median engineering salaries for Whites, Asians, African Americans, and Hispanics are $80,000, $72,000, $60,000, and $56,000, respectively. (Whats it Worth, 2011)
PEERS has not only taught me how to examine my own life but how to talk to others on the subject of diversity. ~Leslie C. (PEERs, 2009) I now have a real sense of the barriers that underrepresented groups face, As a society, we need to focus on finding ways to remove these barriers. The first step is raising awareness, and this is exactly what the PEERs program does. ~ C. K. (PEERs, 2010)
What does that mean for people who do not fit this stereotype?