A student mentoring and development program for underrepresented groups in engineering

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hein, Gretchen ^a   Monte, Amy ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

First year engineering; Peer mentoring; Underrepresented groups in engineering

Indexed keywords

FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING; PEER MONITORING; STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM; UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN ENGINEERING;

CURRICULA; FINANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644454448     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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