Voices

Keeping employees from diverse backgrounds requires ongoing training and development in this future talent.

By awarding approximately half of all scholarships to women and others who are underrepresented in the engineering field, ASME is working hard to make our profession more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. 

“Critical thinking, problem-solving, reflection—we don’t expect all of our students to become engineers, but we do teach them to think like one.”

A strong partnership among academic, business, and professional communities is essential to build a more diverse workforce

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critically important to the future of the engineering profession. Engineering changes everything; Diversity drives innovation; and Engineering should benefit every human being.

Community colleges can meet the urgent demand for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion across engineering—not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because the U.S. economy simply can’t compete in a global marketplace when it leaves so much talent on the table.

How men in leadership positions can leverage influence to drive organizational change