METS: A collaboration to assist students transitioning into engineering from the community colleges to the university

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Anderson Rowland, Mary R ^a   Banks, Debra L ^b   Vanis, Mary I ^c   Matar, Bassam ^d   Chain, Elizabeth ^d   Zerby, Donna M ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Maricopa Center for Workforce Development   (United States)

^d Chandler Gilbert Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community Colleges; Retention; Transfer Students

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; RETENTION; TRANSFER STUDENTS;

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644471784     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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