Today I finished my review and summary of A Struggle Worthy of Note I also added to my notes and took some great information from the conclusion. The plan for the rest of the month is to continue with my informational interviews. At my next session I also intend to summarize my notes from the meeting with Mario Berry. I also have 2 other interviews to setup that came out of my meeting with Krystal Gordon. The plan here is to continue reading, summarizing and categorizing. I am definitely learning everything I can about the subject which I am very pleased with. I also need to search the AERA database for this year as well as review the methodology site that Margaret mentioned. I also intend to take a look at the disscircles site she setup. I tried to re-do TurnItIn for my last chapter but I had some sort of issue where it is checking against my paper and coming up 100% plagiarized. I have notified writing support and I am awaiting an answer. After I am done with my sources. I will re-read Creswell and formation and maybe one or two examples. After that I will write my first draft. My goal is to submit it on May 1.

Today I finished reading from "A Struggle Worthy of Note: The Engineering and Technological Education of Black Americans. This is an excellent resource. I wish I could find the author. I learned a great deal in reading it. I learned about the racism and exclusionary practices that kept African Americans from participating in the technical professions as well as the changes in these policies as the technical leadership of the country began to be threatened. I will certainly in my next session review the book and add more to my summary of it that I can use in my chapter 2 as well as other chapters. Also, next time I will post my notes from my meeting with Mario Berry and I am looking forward to other interviews that I have setup such as Lisette Titre. I need to also connect with NACME and the group mentioned in Jerlando Jackson's paper.

Today I continued to read for my literature review. Before my next session I need to organize what I am going to read. I definitely want to read the new online articles I have bookmarked on my pc, but I also have others on flash drives, desktop etc that I need to have organized to read. I should finish my content this week and determine if I need more. I will also do the AERA work this week. By this weekend I should cut my first draft.