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

• Main Authors: Hesborn Wao (Author), Gladis Kersaint (Author), Chrystal A. S. Smith (Author), Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo (Author), Ellen Puccia (Author), John Skvoretz (Author), Julie P. Martin (Author), Reginald Lee (Author), George MacDonald (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...