By Melanie D.G. Kaplan BUILDING BLACK BOX/ROBERTSTOCK RETROFILE Diversity
in engineering isn't only fair ... W hen Dr. William Wulf, president of
the National Academy of Engineering NAE , kicked off the ACEC Annual
Convention in Colorado Springs, Colo., in early May, he spoke about
diversity in engineering. He argued that diversity is especially important
in the industry, but not for the conventional reasons. The usual arguments
for diversity are based on equity it's not fair not to diversify or on
demographics the makeup of the country is changing, so if we depend on 2 0
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