Critical-to-quality factors associated with engineering student persistence: The influence of freshman attitudes

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Burtner, Joan ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical to Quality Factors; Engineering Freshmen; Persistence; Student Attitudes

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL-TO-QUALITY FACTORS; ENGINEERING FRESHMAN; PERSISTENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; ERROR ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644439716     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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