Influences for selecting engineering: Insights on access to Social Capital from Two Case Studies

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trenor, Julie Martin ^a   Yu, Shirley L ^b   Waight, Consuelo L ^b   Zerda, Katherine S ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Female engineering students; First generation college students; Social Capital theory; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; FEMALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS; FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS; SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; SURVEYS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 60549094975     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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