Influence of African American engineering student perceptions of campus climate on graduation rates

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-271

  Brown, A Ramona ^a,c   Morning, Carole ^b,d   Watkins, Charles ^a,c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Higher Education Extension Service ^*

^c City College of New York   (United States)

^d Higher Education Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Graduation rate; Retention

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; GRADUATION RATES; INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS; RETENTION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21244465180     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00847.x     Document Type: Review

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