Title :
Gender disparity in engineering: Results and analysis from school counselors survey and national vignette
Author :
Iskander, E. Tiffany ; Gore, Peter ; Bergerson, Amy A. ; Furse, Cynthia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Educ. Psychol., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
Results from this effort demonstrated a statistically significant bias towards the potential differences in how a student is guided based on specific personality attributes and gender. Further, the number of years a counselor has worked has also been demonstrated to have a statistically significant impact on their guidance.
Keywords :
engineering education; gender issues; engineering education; gender disparity; national vignette; personality attribute; school counselors survey; Analysis of variance; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Knowledge engineering; Market research;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711743
