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- Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5
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- Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mayra S. Artiles , Arizona State University
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experiences) 3.57 Community support (e.g., family, religious groups) 3.39 “Soft skills” such as ability to network, negotiate, resolve conflicts 3.37 Academic aptitude (e.g., IQ, mastery of content knowledge) 3.32 Peer support 3.25 Faculty support and interactions other than with advisor 3.20 Relationship with Advisor 3.18 Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity 3.18 Prior knowledge about graduate school, graduate
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- Kate Caroline Batson, University of Georgia
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—is of paramountimportance.The importance of communication within the engineering industry has prompted an ideologicalshift in higher education—especially regarding the skills engineering students should possess.Learning outcomes of engineering students are moving from emphasis on students’ technicalabilities towards what are termed ‘soft skills’ that complement technical expertise—one suchskill being successful communication. In fact, the main accrediting board for the Engineeringfield—the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)—listed the students’“ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences” (ABET, 2017) as one of its maincriteria for institutions seeking accreditation. Troy and Liang (2019) echo this