Effect of a freshman engineering program on retention and academic performance

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Richardson, Jim ^a   Dantzler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshman engineering program; Retention; Under represented groups

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

FRESHMAN ENGINEERING PROGRAM; TRADITIONAL STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036949817     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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