Gender equity and engineering: A review of education policy and research since 1964

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 13083-13091

  Gowen, Sheryl Greenwood ^a   Waller, Alisha A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS; EDUCATION RESEARCH; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; SOCIALIZATION;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744274551     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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