Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

among early career graduates in engineering and taking appropriate steps tosupport continued persistence in the field. Identification of these patterns is also helpful fordesigning a quantitative study that can point to the significance of gender differences in a largerpopulation.IntroductionWhat motivates men compared to women can be studied from a variety of different perspectives.Looking at the autonomy with which both men and women make choices in early career isespecially useful because developing autonomy is a central goal of an undergraduate education1and autonomy plays an important role in predicting stability within a field or career. The higherthe degree of autonomy on which an individual bases important life and career choices