Students entering and exiting the engineering pipeline - Identifying key decision points and trends

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Johnson, Michelle J ^a   Sheppard, Sheri D ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering pipeline; Females; Participation rates in engineering; Underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DECISION POINTS; DECISION TRENDS; ENGINEERING PIPELINE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 17144453221     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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