Leaving engineering: A multi-year single institution study

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-27

  Marra, Rose M ^a   Rodgers, Kelly A ^b   Shen, Demei ^a   Bogue, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic factors; Diversity; Retention

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC FACTORS; DIVERSITY; ENGINEERING COLLEGES; ENGINEERING DEGREES; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; RETENTION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84856680079     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00039.x     Document Type: Review

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