The Effective Recruitment of Women Students in Engineering Technology.

Cromwell, Robert A.

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ERIC Number: EJ339371

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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The Effective Recruitment of Women Students in Engineering Technology.

Cromwell, Robert A.

Engineering Education, v76 n8 p755-57 May 1986

Describes recruitment efforts aimed at attracting women students to the engineering technology program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Discusses five activities undertaken: (1) secondary school visits; (2) counselor's workshops; (3) women's day programs; (4) literature packets; and (5) follow-up surveys. Women's enrollment is 16 percent compared to 8 percent nationwide. (JM)

Descriptors: College Science, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Females, Higher Education, Recruitment, Science Education, Student Recruitment, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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