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This will be Rowan’s next challenge. And if their record so far is any indication, they will be successful at doing so. For Future Research A word about the methodology used in the project. There were two innovations introduced to differentiate the study from other surveys. The first was the use of focus groups to flesh out some of the experiences and reveal others. They were very valuable in providing insights into female experiences. However, it was difficult to get cooperation to participate. Unlike the surveys which were distributed in required classes (and therefore received a much higher response rate than surveys distributed by mail or over the web), focus group interviews were outside of class and entirely voluntary. Only a third of the women participated. Further, perhaps because of the group nature of the focus group, an ambience of denial of any gender bias in the school developed. Students were reluctant to be seen as marginalized or “other”, and minimized any bias they had witnessed or experienced. Nevertheless, quite a bit was revealed in the transcripts, in addition to more general reactions to the program. The second innovation was the use of the fall and spring surveys, which enabled comparison over the course of the academic year. We had expected that this would give us a good window on when and what kind of changes took place at various stages of the curriculum. It may indeed have done so. However, great differences between the cohorts led us to be very cautious about constructing the changes that took place over the course of the undergraduate career. We quickly realized that the cohorts differed from each other in composition as well as in the program they had experienced. As a self-reflexive and III-286
new program, many changes were instituted which might have an impact on the students’ satisfaction with various aspects of the program, for example. Therefore the need for a longitudinal study became very clear in order to be able to make appropriate conclusions about how students’ attitudes, perceptions and expectations changed over the course of the program. Such a study will validate the hints of changes we unveiled in this report, and clarify the strengths and weaknesses of the program for males and females alike. As this study continues, we hope to be able to be more specific about the programmatic recommendations for female-friendly programs developed for males and females alike. As the results clearly demonstrate, best practices in engineering education can be female friendly without being for women only. III-287
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A GENDER LENS ON ROWAN UNIVERSITY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND TO THE
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the program? In particular, how do
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various aspects of the program and
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However, the empowering effect of t
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with the delivery of lab work, team
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The perception of problems for wome
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• Have as high or higher academic
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These are important findings for an
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CHAPTER I-A INTRODUCTION The under-
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incorporate an inclusive pedagogica
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has specifically been advocated as
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affect intellectual identity and ac
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CLIMATE ISSUES DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN
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atmosphere separates students from
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successfully serve as a model for m
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uilt itself up into a full-fledged
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sensitive policy to sophomore year
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work together to continuously creat
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that students, in their exit interv
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presentations convincing to practic
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chapter on campus, which sponsors s
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academic year and their satisfactio
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Additional Information from Univers
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CHAPTER I-D THE ROWAN ENGINEERING S
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The rest of this chapter is based o
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TABLE ID-3 COHORT BY MAJOR (%’s)
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TABLE 1D-4 PERCENTAGE FEMALE IN MAJ
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Academic Achievement The level of a
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TABLE ID-6 PRE-COLLEGE ACADEMIC ACH
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London, 1992). Almost a third of th
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Parental occupations of male studen
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As we have mentioned above, about h
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All of the support items were recod
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science field. Males and females sh
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5) pre-college academic preparation
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program. Other students may opt to
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confidence at the beginning of each
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STUDENT INPUT Family and Socio- Dem
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CHAPTER II-B THE RELATIONSHIP BETWE
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making up this factor, while 22.4%
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(CONF STAY ENG) as the dependent va
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contrary to our expectations, it is
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students is .568, and for all stude
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However, the importance of backgrou
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TABLE IIB-4 MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANA
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oth that they will stay with engine
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The main gender differences through
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CHAPTER II-C ENGINEERING BEHAVIOR A
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grades is statistically significant
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shows us that the impact of both fa
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men’s and their mean GPA in engin
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TABLE IIC-4 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BY
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(1) The first type of involvement r
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participation in enrichment activit
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Having a sibling who went to colleg
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These background characteristics ha
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In sum, in terms of enrichment acti
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Table IIC-11 SUPPORT BY FACULTY BY
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For males, living with other scienc
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TABLE IIC-14 PARTICIPATION IN HELP
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primarily the male’s career couns
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Finally, involvement in non-enginee
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The Rowan engineering females fall
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members to have slightly higher GPA
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CHAPTER II-D CHANGES IN ENGINEERING
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However, there is a gender differen
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Considering the possibility that no
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achievement. Academic self-confiden
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While the four self-confidence fact
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We separated our analysis by year i
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Similarly, for junior females, a hi
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In summary, we can see that over th
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in their computer skills and in the
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TABLE IID-3 CHANGE IN SELF-CONFIDEN
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engineering as the right major for
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TABLE IID-5 MEAN GRADE POINT AVERAG
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the senior year, we find the larges
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The programmatic elements of most i
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elated to satisfaction at the end o
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The second indicator of satisfactio
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of classroom hours”, “are frien
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Satisfaction Item TABLE IIE-2 SATIS
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Considering high school background
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TABLE IIE-5 MULTIPLE CORRELATIONS R
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TABLE IIE-6 MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANA
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with team work is lowest in the jun
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High School Background High school
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teams are also more likely to join
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Satisfaction Item TABLE IIE-12 SATI
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TABLE IIE-14 SATISFACTION WITH INTE
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TABLE IIE-16 MULTIPLE REGRESSION AN
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course of the academic year. It cou
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gender difference are female studen
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a. Labwork (SATLAB) There is no gen
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TABLE IIE-22 SATISFACTION WITH ENGI
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indicated that there does not seem
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I. Programmatic Elements a-b. Satis
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II. Satisfaction with Applied Aspec
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administered during the different y
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higher among seniors. For both male
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TABLE IIE-26 MEAN SATISFACTION WITH
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engineering self-confidence was sim
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previous research, which suggests t
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WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN SWE AND
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ole models for engineering in the f
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difference in satisfaction with the
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program do not exhibit poorer pre-c
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Cohort beginning year: TABLE IIF-1
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Looking at gender differences in re
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from the university, or if they had
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TABLE IIF-5 ENGINEERING “STAYERS
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Leavers were less involved in engin
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TABLE IIF-9 ENGINEERING SELF-CONFID
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TABLE IIF-11 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT O
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TABLE IIF-13 PARTICIPATION IN ENGIN
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TABLE IIF-14 ENGINEERING SELF-CONFI
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TABLE IIF-15 SATISFACTION WITH ROWA
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Page 245 and 246: Remember that Rowan students were a
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Page 281 and 282: Purpose of the Study PART III SUMMA
Page 283 and 284: Evidence that Rowan’s Program is
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Page 295 and 296: Tinto, V. 1993. Leaving College: Re
Page 297 and 298: ENGINEERING STUDENT SURVEY I Dear S
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Page 307 and 308: 7. During this academic year, how f
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