Diversifying the U.S. engineering workforce: A new model

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-32

  Watson, Karan ^a   Froyd, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Engineering workforce; Underrepresentation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIVERSITY; ENGINEERING WORKFORCE; UNDERREPRESENTATION;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 34247200099     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00912.x     Document Type: Article

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