What drives diversity?

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Pfatteicher, Sarah K A ^a   Tongue, Margaret P ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Minorities in engineering; Retention; Women in engineering

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

GRADUATE STUDENTS; UNDERGRADUATE DIVERSITY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036957438     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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