Findings show gender, not race, a factor in college engineering dropouts

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 19:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers are exploring how ethnic and gender variables affect retention rates, goal setting and satisfaction among engineering students. Preliminary findings in the middle of this five-year study found no differences in retention between Latino and white engineering students, but did show differences between men and women. Their study could help shape methods needed to retain students in engineering fields.

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