Portraying the academic experiences of students in engineering: Students' perceptions of their educational experiences and career aspirations in engineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Korte, Russell ^a,b   Smith, Karl ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Institute of Technology

^c Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education ^*

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING DEGREE; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029101726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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