Cultural models of the admissions process in engineering: Views on the role of gender

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Garrison, Lari ^a,b   Stevens, Reed ^a   Sabin, Portia ^a   Jocuns, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CAEE (Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education)

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EID: 85029121997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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