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these are commuters who live with their parents or other relatives). A slightly higher
proportion of males than females live with other science, engineering and math (SEM)
students, as might be expected given that there are fewer female students majoring in
these fields (Table IIC-12); a higher proportion of women are living with non-SEM
students.
TABLE IIC-12
LIVING WITH ROOMMATES WHO ARE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND
MATH (SEM) MAJORS BY PARTICIPATION IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
AND GENDER
Enrichment activity
Beyond Rowan
community
% read engineering
ROOMMATES OF MALES ROOMMATES OF FEMALES
SEM NOT
SEM
69.9
70.8
NOT
STUDENTS
80.0
SEM NOT SEM NOT
STUDENTS
listserv/newsletter
% heard engineering speaker
outside class
74.0 62.7 66.4 81.0 92.3 81.8
% went on industrial field trip 53.4 45.5 38.2 61.9 63.0 54.5
% participation in student
chapter of professional
organization
62.8 57.5 54.5 71.4 78.6 76.9
% member of student chapter of
professional organization a
53.5 48.8 39.4 52.4 67.9 69.2
% participation in Society of
Women Engineers (SWE)
-- -- -- 71.4 40.0 55.6
% member of Society of
Women Engineers (SWE)
-- -- -- 42.9 28.0 50.0
% internship 53.4 20.9 25.5 52.4 25.9 54.4
With Faculty
% visited faculty outside
classroom
97.3
97.0
98.2
66.7
100
85.2
98.3
90.9
100.0
% supportive faculty 82.2 65.7 90.9 90.5 81.5 72.7
% worked for pay for faculty 24.7 14.9 13.0 33.3 22.2 9.1
% did research with faculty 23.6 10.8 14.8 19.0 33.3 27.3
% got help for job from faculty 18.1 18.2 27.3 28.6 44.4 27.3
(n)
% of Total
(86)
37.1
(80)
34.5
(66)
28.4
(21)
33.9
(28)
45.1
(13)
21.0
IIC-116