Trajectories of electrical engineering and computer engineering students by race and gender

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 610-618

  Lord, Susan M ^a   Layton, Richard A ^b   Ohland, Matthew W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer engineering education; electrical engineering education; gender; race; retention

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ENGINEERING EDUCATION; DATA SETS; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; GENDER; GRADUATION RATES; HIGH RATE; HISPANICS; RACE; RETENTION;

CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80455174541     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2100398     Document Type: Article

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