Diversity and gender enrolment patterns in an undergraduate Engineering program
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| author | Lowe, D. Machet, T. Wilkinson, T. Johnston, A. |
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| contents | Gender diversity, along with other diversities, has recently been a significant issue in Engineering degree programs throughout the world. There are national variations, though and in many countries the number of females undertaking Engineering programs is significantly lower than the number of males and the drivers and reasons behind these trends are poorly understood. In Australia the proportion of females has remained at around 15% in recent years [1]. The University of Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies has made significant progress in improving its gender balance (with over 30% of the commencing engineering undergraduates being female - almost double the Australian national average). The gender imbalance generally has the potential to skew professional workplace (engineering) cultures; to have narrower perspectives in technology related projects; to not produce effective outcomes from projects; and to result in the Engineering profession being less popular with females. In reviewing the general trends in our enrolment and student performance data, alluded to above, it is easy to make untested assumptions which can lead to misinterpretation of the nature of the gender difference. This can potentially be addressed by undertaking fine-grained statistical analysis of our data. The aim is to use the resultant insights to drive admissions and curriculum decision making and through this to improve our gender balance and optimise the appropriate support provided to all students. A detailed analysis of a relatively large cohort of students (N=3906) who have been enrolled in our undergraduate Engineering degree programs over the last decade has been undertaken, where students' high school subject choices and results are correlated with their subsequent performances in their undergraduate engineering studies. |
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| spellingShingle | Diversity and gender enrolment patterns in an undergraduate Engineering program Lowe, D. Machet, T. Wilkinson, T. Johnston, A. Performance Gender Enrolment Gender diversity, along with other diversities, has recently been a significant issue in Engineering degree programs throughout the world. There are national variations, though and in many countries the number of females undertaking Engineering programs is significantly lower than the number of males and the drivers and reasons behind these trends are poorly understood. In Australia the proportion of females has remained at around 15% in recent years [1]. The University of Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies has made significant progress in improving its gender balance (with over 30% of the commencing engineering undergraduates being female - almost double the Australian national average). The gender imbalance generally has the potential to skew professional workplace (engineering) cultures; to have narrower perspectives in technology related projects; to not produce effective outcomes from projects; and to result in the Engineering profession being less popular with females. In reviewing the general trends in our enrolment and student performance data, alluded to above, it is easy to make untested assumptions which can lead to misinterpretation of the nature of the gender difference. This can potentially be addressed by undertaking fine-grained statistical analysis of our data. The aim is to use the resultant insights to drive admissions and curriculum decision making and through this to improve our gender balance and optimise the appropriate support provided to all students. A detailed analysis of a relatively large cohort of students (N=3906) who have been enrolled in our undergraduate Engineering degree programs over the last decade has been undertaken, where students' high school subject choices and results are correlated with their subsequent performances in their undergraduate engineering studies. |
| title | Diversity and gender enrolment patterns in an undergraduate Engineering program |
| topic | Performance Gender Enrolment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14678600 |