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Why Students Leave Engineering: The Unexpected Bond

Author(s) -

Lorraine Fleming,

Kimarie Engerman,

Dawn Williams

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--375

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , engineering education , set (abstract data type) , mathematics education , institution , psychology , face (sociological concept) , ethnography , longitudinal study , computer science , pedagogy , engineering , engineering management , sociology , mathematics , paleontology , social science , anthropology , biology , programming language , statistics

Implications of Findings Our study indicates that student support regarding retention should be strongest in the freshman year, since many students decide to exit the engineering program and change majors during their first year. Institutions can assume a proactive role by first identifying the reasons for students’ departures from their engineering programs, and then developing intervention programs to specifically address these reasons.

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