Project Goals and Objectives
The goal of the project was identify research areas on broadening participation of LGBTQ, LIFG, veterans and persons with disabilities. Ultimately, as a result of this project, future research will be
- popularized (as in: gaining more research practitioners from more communities),
- legitimized (as in: made reasonable and welcome among other engineering education research topics), and
- enriched (as in:, made more rigorous and extensive in its critical aims).
To achieve the project goal, the conference leaders—Drs Julie Martin, Clemson University; Amy Slaton, Drexel University; and Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington—along with planning committee members completed the following objectives:
- developed an understanding of how to best increase research capacity in the area of study proposed
- conducted a conference of 70-80 individuals representing a wide range of stakeholder groups who will contribute to the project goal
- developed summary proceedings for the conference that include a synthesis of input presented at the meeting as a contribution toward creating a research agenda around the project goal
- disseminated findings through the project website, online forums, and conferences that project leaders and participants routinely attend