Background To address social disparities and generate an innovative workforce,
engineering higher education should provide learning environments that benefit students …

Abstract Representation of diverse groups in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) fields is a persistent concern in the United States. Although there have …

Background Students who are the first in their families to attend college are an integral part
of undergraduate engineering programs. Growing bodies of research argue that educators …

Background Industrial engineering (IE) draws in and graduates women at among the
highest rates compared with most engineering majors in the US Popular stereotypes …

This paper investigates social capital, that is, resources accrued through relationships, of
engineering students based on their generational status in college. We administered a …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the math and science beliefs of
underrepresented students, with a focus on first‐generation college (FGC) students. We do …

Abstract Utilization of a Think-Aloud Protocol to Cognitively Validate a Survey Instrument
Identifying Social Capital Resources of Engineering UndergraduatesThe use of verbal …

As part of a longitudinal research effort that examines the influence of social capital on
differential persistence and retention among undergraduate engineering majors, this study …

This study sheds light on a new category of students in higher education marketing literature–
namely, occupational followers. We draw on expectancy-value theory, occupational …

Focusing on community college transfer students who declared a STEM major at their initial
transfer to a four-year research university, this study examined the extent to which students' …