Engineering school, life balance, and the student experience

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Loshbaugh, Heidi ^a   Hoeglund, Tawni ^a   Streveler, Ruth ^a,b   Breaux, Kimberley ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b Colorado School of Mines ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; STUDENTS;

CO-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; ENGINEERING COLLEGE; STUDENT EXPERIENCE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029045817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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