Exploring the not-so-talked-about undergraduate pathway: Migrating into engineering

Proceedings of the Inaugural International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, ICREE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Donaldson, Krista M ^a   Sheppard, Sheri D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic pathways study; Hybrid majors; Major selection; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY; HYBRID MAJORS; MAJOR SELECTIONS;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84858499592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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