As I mentioned in the class, the pp. 102-111 are missed from the pdf document. This contains the conclusion part of chapter 4. I read that book in the library, and my personally favorite sentences are right in those pages:
In pp. 109-110:
"According to Paslay [, dean of UIC's College of Engineering from 1976 to 1978], employers of UIC engineering graduates, "have a right to expect a level of technical competence competitive with major engineering schools. When we fail to provide this level of competence, [if we are going to provide maximum opportunity in an urban setting to students who have received public pre-college training, ] we hurt the graduates, the college, and the profession." The vulnerability that Paslay ascribes to the engineering profession is telling. In actuality, admitting students in need of remedial support has no direct connection to the graduation of under-qualified practitioners, only to the necessity of expending more resources on the education of those particular students if one wishes to maintain existing standards of professional qualification. "
In pp. 111:
"By the end of the 1960s, [...] With contractions in the defense industry and fears of a general recession on the rise, many engineers saw an imminent "no-growth" situation; it was no longer the case that "anybody who wanted to work could work". [...] Under such conditions, pursuing a measurably expanded domestic labor pool through racial diversification would not have made much sense without a much stronger impulse toward racial equity for its own sake. "
I recognize through this sentence that, there is never equity for the sake of equity itself. All the motivation of equity or diversity is derived from certain social needs. When during the war time described in Bix 2005, large amount of engineers were needed, so women gained more access to engineering, and they also began to appreciate the potential talent of women working in engineering. However, then by the end of 1960s as mentioned above, there was no need of that many engineers, so they closed the door to women and minorities, though they knew that women and minorities have the potential to do a good work in engineering.
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