An examination of indicators of engineering students' success and persistence

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-425

  French, Brian F ^a   Immekus, Jason C ^a   Oakes, William C ^a,b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c EPICS Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical regression; Persistence; Retention; Student success

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; PERSISTENCE; RETENTION; STUDENT SUCCESS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 27744442431     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00869.x     Document Type: Article

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