Retention Of Recent Women Engineering, Mathematics, And Science Graduates In The Workplace

This study was initiated in response to several conversations the first author, Dr. Parker, had with women who were either nearing graduation from the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP) or had recently begun working in the engineering workplace. These particular women were above average students, had had summer engineering internships, had above-average communication skills, and had excellent personalities. However, they were either quite apprehensive about entering the engineering profession or were dissatisfied with their current jobs.