Are Engineering Schools Masculine and Authoritarian? The Mission Statements Say Yes

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  de Pillis, Emmeline ^a   de Pillis, Lisette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; engineering; mission statements; stereotypes; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651216407     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1938-8926.1.1.33     Document Type: Article

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