Gender Differences in Expressed Interests in Engineering-Related Fields ACT 30-Year Data Analysis Identified Trends and Suggested Avenues to Reverse Trends

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 599-613

  Iskander, E Tiffany ^a   Gore, Paul A ^a   Furse, Cynthia ^b   Bergerson, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

counselors; disparity; gender; K 12; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884660753     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072712475290     Document Type: Article

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