Evidences of Opportunity Gaps in Construction Management Education

9 pages•Published: June 9, 2021

Abstract

Disparities in bachelor’s degree obtainment and academic success as evidence of “opportunity gaps” between underserved racial-ethnic minority, low-income, and first-generation students and their peers is well documented in the United States higher education system. However, academic literature addressing the opportunity gap in construction management education is limited. This study investigated the academic success of Latinx, Pell Grant eligible, and first-generation students as compared to White (non-Latinx), non-Pell Grant eligible, and continuing-generation students at a large U.S. based construction management program for the years 2008 to 2017. Findings indicate that statistically significant differences in grade point average and construction management program eligibility exist between White (non-Latinx) and Latinx students at the construction management program of interest for this study.

Keyphrases: construction management, first generation, low income, minority, opportunity gap

In: Tom Leathem, Anthony Perrenoud and Wesley Collins (editors). ASC 2021. 57th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 2, pages 559-567.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/vl8k
	https://doi.org/10.29007/gx1x

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2021:Evidences_Opportunity_Gaps_Construction,
  author    = {Jared Burgoon and Jonathan Elliott},
  title     = {Evidences of Opportunity Gaps in Construction Management Education},
  booktitle = {ASC 2021. 57th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Anthony Perrenoud and Wesley Collins},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {2},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/vl8k},
  doi       = {10.29007/gx1x},
  pages     = {559-567},
  year      = {2021}}

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