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programquality in Eng Ed PhD programs originate from a different position. For example, researchers,Murzi, Shekhar, and Mc Nair cited the increasing number of Eng Ed PhD programs, as a keymotivator for their foundational scholarship on Eng Ed PhD program quality and as a reason foradditional research in this area [2]. Their work, as well as that of Lopez and Garcia [4] andBenson et al. [3], provides a strong basis for our study, having presented a document-based,comparative analysis of the formation, aims, requirements, and outcomes of existing Eng EdPhD programs. To expand the existing knowledge on the topic, we designed an overarchingInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis project to examine the conceptions of program qualitythat Eng Ed PhD program
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/program availability at the high school (Matusovich,Carrico, Paretti, & Boynton, 2017). Although only cited by one participant, the idea of needingto know what engineering is to even pursue an engineering degree is also represented in currentliterature (Matusovich, Streveler, Miller, & Olds, 2009)While these factors themselves are not new, we identified nuances that emerged through ourability to compare across different schools in proximal locations with different resources asdescribed in the methods. For example, we confirmed findings from literature that people matter(Boynton, 2014; Carrico, Murzi, & Matusovich, 2016). However, nuanced in our data set is thatdespite the schools’ proximity to one another, the ways people talk about
(ABET) is “anability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.”Teamwork skills are valued by future employers as an important skill set. However, teamwork isnot always well defined. Perusich et al [1] has defined teamwork as 1.) the ability to beinterdependent in tasks, 2.) to share responsibility for outcomes, and 3.) to work together as anintact social entity. Shuman et al [2] defined teamwork skills to include the ability to solicitinput from the team, the ability to build consensus and resolve conflicts, and leadership skills.Chowdhury and Murzi [3] defined teamwork by a set of attributes including: shared
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community.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to highlight the contributions of Drs. Allison Godwin, Bala Maheswaran,and Kyle Trenshaw, who were actively involved in the subcommittee. The authors would also liketo thank Dr. Elizabeth Litzler for her leadership and guidance throughout the ASEE Year of Impacton Racial Equity.References[1] ASEE CDEI, “ASEE Today: Join Us for the Year of Impact on Racial Equity, PRISM, May2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.asee-prism.org/asee-today-7/. [Accessed May 1, 2023].[2] J. London, H. Murzi, and E. Litzler, “WIP: ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity: Impetus& Vision,” in Excellence Through Diversity: Proceedings of the ASEE 2022 Annual.Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26 – 29, 2022.[3] E. Litzler, J. London, H. Murzi, J