Title :
Overcoming formidable hurdles: Engineers who are disabled, female, nondegreed, foreign-born, or retrained and a disadvantaged student reveal how to succeed despite difficulties
Author :
Fischetti, M.A. ; Perry, T.S.
Author_Institution :
IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Engineers who are disabled, female, nondegreed, foreign-born, or retrained and a disadvantaged student reveal how to succeed despite difficulties.
Keywords :
education; engineering; disabled; disadvantaged student; education; female; foreign-born; nondegreed; professional engineers; Companies; Computers; Continuing education; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Physics;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1984.6370344