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DESCRIPTION:Presentation By: \nKaitlyn Bunker\, graduate student in Electri
 cal Engineering\nRaven Rebb\, undergraduate student in Software Engineerin
 g\nDr. Laura Brown\, Computer Science\nDr. Gretchen Hein\, Engineering Fun
 damentals\nDr. Nilufer Onder\, Computer Science\n \nAbout:\nThe completion
  of an undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science is challeng
 ing. Many students think about switching majors at some point during their
  undergraduate career. Previous research addresses general retention at th
 e university level. In addition\, researchers have focused on what helps u
 nderrepresented groups to be retained at the university. Many initiatives 
 relate to intervention during the first and second years of study\, but wh
 en do students\, and women in particular\, contemplate switching majors an
 d what or who influences them to persist? To begin to answer this complex 
 issue\, engineering and computer science students were surveyed in the Spr
 ing of 2011 at Michigan Tech. Some of the questions investigated through t
 he survey were:\n1.How do men and women students compare in relation to qu
 estioning their choice of major? Does one group question their choice of m
 ajor more? Do women or men question their degree choice at different times
 ?\n2.What and who influences the two groups to persist within their degree
  program? \nIn the presentation\, we will share some of the most significa
 nt results from the survey\, and ask for participation from those present 
 to discuss their own persistence.\nHosted By: American Society for Enginee
 ring Education\nAdditional Information can be found at: http://www.involve
 ment.mtu.edu
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SUMMARY:Why Do Women Engineering and Computer Science Undergraduates Persis
 t in their Majors?
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URL:http://www.involvement.mtu.edu
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