Why students leave engineering: The unexpected bond

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fleming, Lorraine ^a,b,c   Engerman, Kimarie ^a,d   Williams, Dawn ^a,d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Center for the Advancement in Engineering Education (CAEE)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; FINANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC POTENTIAL; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; SCHOLARSHIPS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029045357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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