Factors influencing high school students career considerations in STEM fields

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kauffmann, Paul ^a   Hall, Cathy ^a   Batts, David ^a   Bosse, Michael ^a   Moses, Laurie ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NSF grant ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC DEGREES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEMALE STUDENTS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INHIBITING FACTORS; STEM CAREERS; STEM FIELDS; YOUNG ADULTS;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85029038730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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