The challenge of returning: Transitioning from an engineering career to graduate school

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Peters, Diane L ^a   Daly, Shanna R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING CAREERS; GRADUATE SCHOOLS; GRADUATE STUDENTS; STEM FIELDS; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029040724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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