Differences in climate for undergraduate and graduate women in engineering: The effect of context

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Litzler, Elizabeth ^a   Lange, Sheila Edwards ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONTEXTUAL DIFFERENCES; GRADUATES; UNDERGRADUATES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029036703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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