A model for freshman engineering retention

Advances in Engineering Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Veenstra, Cindy P ^a   Dey, Eric L ^b   Herrin, Gary D ^b  

^a Veenstra and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshman engineering retention; Student retention model

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DIAGRAMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FRESHMAN ENGINEERING RETENTION; FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS; LITERATURE SEARCHES; MODEL-BASED; PRE COLLEGES; STATISTICAL MODELING; STUDENT RETENTION MODEL; STUDENT SUCCESS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; WORKING MODELS;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 65449137139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19411766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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