Developing recruitment and retention strategies through "Design4Practice" curriculum enhancements

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Tester, John T ^a   Scott, David ^a   Hatfield, Jerry ^a   Decker, Rand ^a   Swimmer, Fonda ^b  

^a Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design education; Engineering education; Student retention

Indexed keywords

DESIGN EDUCATION; FRESHMEN; RECRUITMENT; STUDENT RETENTION;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 21644432767     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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