Best practices in recruiting and persistence of underrepresented minorities in engineering: A 2002 snapshot

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages F2D11-F2D16

  Youngman, Judith A ^a   Egelhoff, Carla J ^a  

^a U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Persistence; Recruiting; Retention; Under represented minorities

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

BEST PRACTICES; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITING; RETENTION; STANDARDIZED TESTS; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; US COAST GUARD;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84946037568     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2003.1264705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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