Perceived barriers to participation in engineering: Why underrepresented groups remain underrepresented

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Weatherton, Yvette Pearson ^a   Daza, Stephanie Lynn ^a   Pham, Vu V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS; RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS; UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN ENGINEERING;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85029052747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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