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Leaving Engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's College of Engineering
Author(s) -
Hartman Harriet,
Hartman Moshe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00877.x
Subject(s) - rowan , variety (cybernetics) , engineering education , engineering , medical education , engineering management , medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , ecology , biology
The paper focuses on retention in the Rowan University undergraduate engineering program with many “female‐friendly” features despite its design as best practices for all students. Both male and female “stayers” in the program are compared to “leavers” on a variety of characteristics, including pre‐college and family background, grades, satisfaction with the Rowan program, engineering self‐confidence, and future expectations about their engineering major and career. Data come from a special survey of all Rowan engineering students.