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Effective First Year Engineering Program Improves Graduation Potential

Author(s) -

Richard J. Kee,

Riad Al Akkad

Publication year - 2020

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--8327

Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , engineering education , plan (archaeology) , medical education , institution , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , engineering , engineering management , medicine , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , archaeology , history

The problem of retaining students in a program of study in engineering has long been a problem for engineering educators. Shuman 1 notes that roughly fifty percent of the students who begin in engineering leave the field before receiving their engineering degree. Whitaker 2 states that programs of intervention aimed at identifying and treating these potential dropouts have grown dramatically. Additionally, Varma 3 demonstrates several programs that have proven to be effective for his institution.

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