Persistence in engineering education: Experiences of first year students at a historically Black University

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 11293-11299

  Fleming, Lorraine ^a   Engerman, Kimarie ^a   Griffin, Ashley ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CAREER; COLOR MAJORING; FACULTY; FINANCIAL MOTIVATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544454495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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