Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways engineering doctoral students
draw on prior experiences to inform their doctoral research. This study includes the …

Those graduate students known as returners, who have a gap of at least five years between
their undergraduate degree conferral and their return to school for a graduate degree, have …

Understanding the decision-making process when students are considering graduate
school in engineering is important to institutions and to individual faculty who advise …

In conversations about the future of engineering, supporting multiple pathways through
engineering education, including at the graduate level, is a commonly cited priority …

In fields like education, people who pursue graduate degrees do so at varying stages of their
career, including after having significant time in the workforce. In other fields, such as …