Conference Session

CIP Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

engineering education to the engineering workforce.The EPS study used a sequential, exploratory mixed-methods design, where findings frominterviews with 30 early career engineering graduates were used to develop the Pathways ofEngineering Alumni Research Survey, or PEARS, instrument34-35. PEARS was designed withtwo goals: (1) to identify the educational and workplace factors that most influence engineeringgraduates’ initial and future career plans, and (2) to develop a better understanding of their earlycareer work, experiences, and perspectives.To achieve the first goal, PEARS was framed in Social Cognitive Career Theory, or SCCT,which posits that career goals and actions are influenced directly by self-efficacy, outcomeexpectations, and interests