▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁and ▁social ▁un rest , ▁in ▁general , ▁made ▁the ▁m ood ▁on ▁many ▁camp uses ▁anti - techn ology , ▁anti - bus iness , ▁and ▁anti - est ab lish ment . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁A SEE ▁pres idents ▁Mer ritt ▁Williams ▁and ▁George ▁Haw kins ▁re organ ized ▁A SEE ▁to ▁better ▁represent ▁its ▁members ▁and ▁return ▁its ▁focus ▁to ▁teaching . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁new ▁focus , ▁A SEE ▁began ▁to ▁admin ister ▁several ▁teaching - related ▁government ▁contract s , ▁including ▁NASA ' s ▁summer ▁fac ulty ▁fellow ships ▁and ▁the ▁Def ense ▁Department ' s ▁Civil ▁Def ense ▁Summer ▁Instit utes ▁and ▁Fellow ships . ▁Currently , ▁A SEE ▁admin ister s ▁over ▁ten ▁government ▁contract s , ▁including ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ' s ▁Gr adu ate ▁Research ▁Fellow ship ▁Program . ▁ ▁Another ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁renew ed ▁emphas is ▁on ▁teaching ▁was ▁A SEE ’ s ▁initi ative ▁for ▁rec ruit ing ▁minor ities ▁and ▁women ▁into ▁engineering . ▁A SEE ▁created ▁the ▁Black ▁Engineering ▁College ▁Development ▁program ▁which ▁used ▁industry ▁fund ing ▁to ▁upgrade ▁engineering ▁fac ulty ▁in ▁tradition ally ▁black ▁colleg es ▁and ▁to ▁develop ▁public ▁information ▁on ▁these ▁schools . ▁A SEE ▁also ▁received ▁several ▁gr ants ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁to ▁research ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁American ▁Indians ▁and ▁develop ▁programs ▁to ▁attract ▁more