Recruiting minorities to STEM requires a focused effort
Creating affinity among diverse populations on a college campus is about “brokering relationships,” according to Donald McCoy, who spent one-
third of his 30 years with IBM working on outreach programs to increase diversity.
The pipeline of future technicians and engineers is built by helping women and people from various cultural experiences feel valued, said McCoy, who was trained as a electrical engineer. He thinks this process begins with college administrators, faculty and staff members thinking about how they can help cultivate diversity and be a resource that encourages underrepresented minority students to enter science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
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