Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students' pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?

• मुख्य लेखकों: Hesborn Wao (लेखक), Gladis Kersaint (लेखक), Chrystal A. S. Smith (लेखक), Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo (लेखक), Ellen Puccia (लेखक), John Skvoretz (लेखक), Julie P. Martin (लेखक), Reginald Lee (लेखक), George MacDonald (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SpringerOpen, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering degrees. We employed a mixed methods research approach grounded in social capital theory to investigate when they first conside...