• DocumentCode
    673920
  • Title

    Gender disparity in engineering: Results and analysis from school counselors survey and national vignette

  • Author

    Iskander, E. Tiffany ; Gore, Peter ; Bergerson, Amy A. ; Furse, Cynthia

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Educ. Psychol., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-13 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    2169
  • Lastpage
    2170
  • Abstract
    Results from this effort demonstrated a statistically significant bias towards the potential differences in how a student is guided based on specific personality attributes and gender. Further, the number of years a counselor has worked has also been demonstrated to have a statistically significant impact on their guidance.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; gender issues; engineering education; gender disparity; national vignette; personality attribute; school counselors survey; Analysis of variance; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Knowledge engineering; Market research;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5315-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2013.6711743
  • Filename
    6711743