They Chose to Major in Engineering: A Study of Why Women Enter and Persist in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that lead female undergraduate students to pursue an academic major in engineering and to persist in their engineering studies. This research focuses on women who are currently studying in the fields of engineering in an effort to determine whethe...

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Main Author: Smith, Adrienne Yvette
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2012
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/515
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1525&context=open_access_dissertations