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Poor, Cara J.; Brown, Shane – College Student Journal, 2013
Concerns with the retention of women in engineering have led to the implementation of numerous programs to improve retention, including mentoring programs. The college of engineering at Washington State University (WSU) started a novel women's mentoring program in 2008, using professional engineers who graduated from WSU as mentors. The program is…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Engineering Education, Mentors, Women Faculty
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Haemmerlie, Frances Montgomery; Montgomery, Robert L. – College Student Journal, 2012
This study examined the role of academic performance factors, and personality traits as measured by the "Hogan Personality Inventory" (Hogan & Hogan, 2007), in the academic success and retention of undergraduate engineering majors. With regard to academic performance, the academic measures of ACT score and high school GPA were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Majors (Students), School Holding Power, Grade Point Average