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Prospective Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Undergraduate Engineering Students in Arkansas

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Michelle Beavers , Southern Arkansas University
Hali Pinson , Southern Arkansas University
Zachary Pinson , Southern Arkansas University
NASA supported research inspired by studies showing that women engineers leave the profession at a higher rate led to development of a questionnaire from interviews of NASA engineers and previous research. Preliminary data shows that female undergraduates have lower mathematical self-confidence and lower expectations of success in their engineering subfields.