Title :
Work in progress - engineering students´ disciplinary choices: Do race and gender matter?
Author :
Lord, Susan M. ; Brawner, Catherine E. ; Camacho, Michelle M. ; Layton, Richard A. ; Ohland, Matthew W. ; Wasburn, Mara H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
We explore which engineering disciplines are most effective at attracting undergraduates from various race and gender groups at matriculation and graduation. Women and men choose different disciplines within engineering at matriculation, Industrial Engineering is notable for attracting women and men, and the largest disciplines, Electrical and Mechanical, have the largest enrollment gender gap.
Keywords :
engineering education; Electrical Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; engineering student disciplinary choices; matriculation; Chemical engineering; Chemical industry; Computer science education; Data engineering; Databases; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Industrial engineering; Inspection; Engineering Disciplines; Persistence; Retention; Women in Engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350589