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240 p. |
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02 66.00 GBP 00 S 55.00 20.0 66.00 11.00 GB xxk Palgrave Macmillan onix-pt |
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Palgrave studies in urban education
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| Note |
Electronic book text. |
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Epublication based on: 9780230619357. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Scarcity of Scientists and Engineers, a Hidden Crisis in the U.S. - Kathryn M. Borman, Rhoda Halperin, and Will Tyson * Producing STEM Graduates in Florida: Understanding the Florida Context - Bridget A. Cotner, Cassandra Workman Whaler, and Will Tyson * To Stay or to Switch? Why Students Leave Engineering Programs - Will Tyson, Chrystal A.S. Smith, and Arland Nguema Ndong * Pedagogy and Preparation: Learning to be an Engineer - Rebekah S. Heppner, Reginald S. Lee and Hesborn O. Wao * Program Climate: Engineering Social and Academic Fit - Hesborn O. Wao and Reginald S. Lee * Program Culture: How Departmental Values Facilitate Program Efficacy - Susan Chanderbhan Forde, Cynthia A. Grace, and Bridget A. Cotner * Making the Transition: The Two-to Four-Year Institution Transfer Experience - Cassandra Workman Whaler and Jason E. Miller * Voices from the Field: Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Programs - Kathryn M. Borman, Will Tyson, and Cassandra Workman Whaler. |
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Document |
| Summary |
Based on research conducted in a three year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful retention of female and minority college students. Based on research conducted in a three-year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful retention of female and under-represented minority college students. |
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PDF. |
| Biography |
Kathryn M. Borman is Professor of Anthropology and lead researcher at the Alliance for Applied Research in Anthropology and Education in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Will Tyson is Assistant Professor of Sociology and senior research associate at the Alliance for Applied Research in Anthropology and Education in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Rhoda Halperin is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and was most recently Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University and Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. |
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College dropouts -- Prevention.
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Women engineering students.
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Minority college students.
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Universities.
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Engineering: general.
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Education.
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| Added Author |
Borman, Kathryn M.
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Halperin, Rhoda H.
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Tyson, Will.
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| ISBN |
9780230106826 : £66.00 |
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023010682X : £66.00 |
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