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Hughes, B. E., Garibay, J. C., Hurtado, S., & Eagan, K. (2013, May). Examining the tracks that cause derailment: Institutional contexts and engineering degree attainments. In American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. San Francisco.
Hughes, Bryce E., et al. "Examining the tracks that cause derailment: Institutional contexts and engineering degree attainments." American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. San Francisco. 2013.
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Examining the tracks that cause derailment: Institutional contexts and engineering degree attainments.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program AND Program Evaluation

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Increasing the number of engineers is a growing national concern as the engineering profession anticipates a wave of retirements in the next few years while the US is confronted by tremendous infrastructural and environmental challenges (PCAST, 2012). Charles Vest warned, in the 2011 National Academy of Engineering report Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering,“During the next several years there will be massive retirements of skilled and experienced engineers, and the United States has one of the lowest rates of graduation …

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