Persistence, engagement, and migration in engineering programs

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-278

  Ohland, Matthew W ^a   Sheppard, Sheri D ^b   Lichtenstein, Gary ^b   Eris, Ozgur ^c   Chachra, Debbie ^c   Layton, Richard A ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Migration; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY; ENGAGEMENT; ENGINEERING DEGREES; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; MIGRATION; NATIONAL SURVEYS; PERSISTENCE; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 60549103910     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00978.x     Document Type: Article

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