[IEEE-USA Position Statement]

Career Equality in Engineering

Approved by the IEEE-USA
Board of Directors, 13 Nov. 2003

If the United States is to maintain its economic and technological competitiveness in the 21st Century, the engineering profession must make more effective use of the knowledge, skills and abilities of talented human resources, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability.

To this end, IEEE-USA strongly supports greater efforts by business organizations, educational institutions, government agencies and professional societies to promote equal educational and employment opportunities for aspiring and incumbent members of the scientific, engineering and technical professions in the United States by:

  • Strengthening the teaching of math and science in the nation's elementary and secondary schools;

  • Encouraging more young women, minorities, disabled and disadvantaged Americans to view engineering as a viable and rewarding career choice;

  • Bolstering mentoring, career counseling and other vocational support services for gifted and talented pre-college, community college and university students;

  • Implementing objective, performance and results-oriented recruitment, hiring, compensation, staff development and promotion strategies; and

  • Recognizing and rewarding the value of experience and investing in lifelong learning opportunities for scientific, engineering and technical personnel.

This statement was developed by the IEEE-USA Career and Workforce Policy Committee and represents the considered judgment of a group of U.S. IEEE members with expertise in the subject field. IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., created in 1973 to advance the public good, while promoting the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 235,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to http://www.ieeeusa.org.

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Last Updated: 17 November 2003
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