Developing retention strategies for women that promote student success in engineering and the applied sciences

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1921-1927

  Fletcher, Shawna ^a   Anderson Rowland, Mary ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED SCIENCES; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU); RETENTION; WOMEN IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (WISE);

FINANCE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644252720     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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