Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton; Andrea Mott, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

men, and their opinionshould matter for products and services developed by engineers, scientists, mathematicians, etc.Women make up about 50% of university students across the United States and only 13 to 33%of those students hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in STEM, with the lowest percentage inengineering degrees [2].Lack of Confidence of Women in STEM Academic Programs:Since many female students struggle with lack of confidence in STEM, studies have beencompleted analyzing female’s perspectives on their courses and experiences compared to theirmale counterparts. A study revealed that women showed lower perceived ability, self-efficacy,performance approach, and mastery approach than men, along with a higher performanceavoidance and