Engineering Education
Magazine
‘At-Risk’ or Ill-served?
Analysis of a large-scale survey upsets some notions of why students leave engineering. BY ELIZABETH LITZLER AND JACOB YOUNG The drive for improved retention of engineering undergraduates demands a better…
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Why They’re Leaving
RESEARCH IN PRACTICE To retain students, help them feel they “belong.” By Kelly A. Rodgers and Rose M. Marra BY KELLY A. RODGERS AND ROSE M. MARRA Perhaps because of…
How They See Themselves
BY HOLLY M. MATUSOVICH, RUTH A. STREVELER, AND RONALD L. MILLER Students who identify with engineering persist in the field. Calls for a larger and more diverse pool of engineers…
He Said, She Said
RESEARCH IN PRACTICE BY JOANNA WOLFE AND ELIZABETH POWELL Gender-typical speech can sour teamwork. A central question in engineering education is why women, despite comparatively good grades, leave engineering programs…