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Motahhari-Nejad, Hossein – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This study aimed to validate the factor structure of professional competencies in engineering and test the measurement invariance of these competencies across gender. Through a cross-sectional survey, 552 senior undergraduate students (287 males) responded to a 24-item professional competencies scale. The professional competencies included five…
Descriptors: Minimum Competencies, Technical Occupations, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students
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Chen, Xianglei; Rotermund, Susan – RTI International, 2020
This research brief uses nationally representative data from the 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17) to examine post-college transitions of US undergraduates into the skilled technical workforce (STW), defined here as workers in a collection of occupations that require significant levels of science, technology,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Employment Level