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The Right to Education for Female Engineering Students in Mexico: Cultural Considerations in their Retention

Author(s) -

Carmen Villa,

Elsa González

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

2011 asee annual conference and exposition proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--18952

Subject(s) - engineering education , variety (cybernetics) , cultural diversity , face (sociological concept) , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , sociology , social science , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , anthropology

Carmen Villa works at the College of Engineering at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City. She received a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science Engineering from Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City; a D.E.A. in Computer Science from the INPG in Grenoble, France; and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University. Her interest in education has grown out of her more than 15 years of teaching experience and her passion for equity in higher education. Her research interests include underrepresented populations in higher education, more specifically in STEM disciplines, and cultural practices and their impact on education for Hispanic students.

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