DocumentCode
2641886
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
fYear
2009
fDate
18-21 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location
San Antonio, TX
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350589
Filename
5350589
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