Mission
The Minority Engineering Program at Purdue University was initiated in 1974 as one of several initiatives to improve diversity and inclusion in the College of Engineering. Purdue's Minority Engineering Program is committed to engineering research and knowledge sharing with the international community through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.
Although MEP strives to attract students from historically underrepresented groups, programs are open to all.
Other colleges and universities across the country have adopted Purdue's Minority Engineering Program model.
Mission
To advance engineering learning, discovery and engagement in fulfillment of the land grant promise through outreach, recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented students in their pursuit to become extraordinary Purdue Engineers.
Objectives
- To identify metric-driven strategies to increased the participation of historically underrepresented domestic students in engagement, learning and discovery activities about engineering
- To encourage interest, recruitment, enrollment and matriculation of underrepresented domestic students in engineering at the undergraduate and graduate level
- To provide programs that increase K-12 focus on mathematics, science and engineering and inspire students to learn how they can use these tools to serve humanity, improve the quality of life and make the world a better place
- To create an environment that fosters the celebration of cultural diversity across all engineering disciplines and promotes global learning opportunities
- To provide metrics and publications that stimulate collegial and corporate dialogue to champion the national effort to achieve workforce diversity and inclusion
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