April 2022: Racial Demographics of Civil Engineering Pathways

Date: Thursday, April 14th
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
 
For the month of April, the SE3 committee would like to welcome the SEAONC community to join us in discussing our report entitled “Racial Demographics of Civil Engineering Pathways in California: From Undergraduates to Industry Professionals”, which was published in late 2021. This report presents data on the pathways into the structural and civil engineering industry, starting at the university level and continuing into the workforce. With this report, SEAONC SE3 sought to understand the magnitude of underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized racial groups, and how that representation changes at different stages of the pathways studied.

This report is a resource for structural engineering professionals to understand the student demographics of civil, structural, and architectural engineering programs at California universities. At the end of the report, we provided suggested action items to make the profession more equitable and accessible to everyone who may want to enter the structural engineering industry. 

We hope that you’ll participate in the discussion, particularly if you have read the report:

• provide us with feedback, 
  
• share what surprised you the most and/or anything new that you learned, and 
  
• whether you and or your firm are considering any of the action items suggested (or if you have come up with some of your own!)