Electronic Mentoring: Supporting Women Engineering And Science Students In The Crucial Early Years Of College | Zendy

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Electronic Mentoring: Supporting Women Engineering And Science Students In The Crucial Early Years Of College

Author(s) -

William S. Carlsen,

Christine M. Cunningham,

Carol B. Muller,

Peg Boyle Single

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--9173

Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , engineering education , science and engineering , computer science and engineering , women in science , qualitative research , underrepresented minority , graduate students , medical education , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , engineering , engineering ethics , pedagogy , engineering management , sociology , medicine , software engineering , social science , world wide web , gender studies

In this paper, we review the current situation of women students in engineering, identifying barriers and obstacles to their persistence in engineering majors. Then we will briefly explore why the first year of undergraduate education is a particularly important time for intervention programs for women in engineering. Next, we introduce MentorNet (www.mentornet.net), the Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science, a large-scale project to support women studying engineering and related sciences. Finally, we present quantitative and qualitative results of year-end program evaluations focusing on both overall program results, and particularly on, the experiences of the first year undergraduate students. The qualitative aspects of the evaluation help bring richness and depth to our understanding of the benefits that first year students accrue from participating in MentorNet.

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