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Building a Pathway to Engineering: The Influence of Family and Teachers among Mexican-Origin Undergraduate Engineering Students
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Mein, Erika; Esquinca, Alberto; Monarrez, Angelica; Saldaña, Claudia – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2020
This study draws on sociocultural perspectives of identity to understand the ways in which Mexican-origin undergraduate students are recruited into the "figured world" of engineering. The analysis of in-depth, ethnographically situated interviews with 14 participants revealed three sets of recurrent discourses in students' accounts of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mexican Americans, Engineering Education, Occupational Aspiration
Racial and Ethnic Heterogeneity in the Effect of MESA on AP STEM Coursework and College STEM Major Aspirations
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Alvarado, Steven Elías; Muniz, Paul – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Previous research suggests that racial and ethnic disparities in postsecondary STEM outcomes are rooted much earlier in the educational pipeline. One possible remedy to these disparities is participation in early STEM enrichment programs. We examine the impact of MESA, which is an early program that targets socioeconomically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Enrichment Activities, High School Students
I Study to Be an Engineer. Why to Study Administration and Accounting?
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Damián Simón, Javier – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2018
Currently, cross-cutting subjects are promoted in the engineering curriculum to give added value to their graduates and to meet the new demands of the labor market. The main objective of the research work was to know the opinions of the engineering students about the level of contribution of the administrative-economic subjects in their academic…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Students, Professional Identity, Student Attitudes
A Summer Bridge Program for Underprepared First-Year Students: Confidence, Community, and Re-Enrollment
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Suzuki, Anne; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Perry, Nancy J. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2012
This quasi-experimental, action-research study explored a five-week pre-enrollment initiative called the Pathways Summer Bridge (PSB) Program in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU). Theoretically framed and developed using the six components of Tinto's (1993) longitudinal model of institutional…
Descriptors: Control Groups, College Preparation, Summer Programs, Program Descriptions
A Model for Short-Term Group Counseling for Women in Nontraditional Majors.
Weishaar, Marjorie; Sandmeyer, Louise – Journal of the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, 1983
Presents a group counseling model designed to help women in male-dominated college majors prepare for problems which may arise as the result of their nontraditional career choices. The five sessions dealt with school to work transition, assertiveness, support networks, multiple role management, and adjusting to minority status. (JAC)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Females, Group Counseling
Evaluation of "Women in Careers" Program.
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Richardson, Judy M.; Thomas, Alice M. – 1978
A three-year program was conducted at St. Olaf College to develop new awareness and sensitivity toward changing roles of women and men among a variety of audiences including students, faculty, administrators, spouses of faculty, and parents. The major components of the program were (1) a Career Advisory Panel of ten women successful in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education