Conference Session

Potpourri - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Veterans

on Enhancing Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Benefit,for example, the veteran population holds great promise for expanding and diversifying theengineering and sciences workforce [24]. Haynie [25] argues that military veterans are wellsuited to STEM majors, given that military training often exposes them to technological tasksacross a variety of fields; many also strengthen their “soft skills” such as teamwork, leadership,and communication skills.The current study aims to address a gap in the literature on student veterans in engineering byfocusing on the experiences of first-generation students. Thus far, our project has investigatedSVE pathways into engineering education [26] [27], the quality of SVE transitions into highereducation [28