Paper ID #6685How Underrepresented Minority Engineering Students Derive a Sense of Be-longing from EngineeringDr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She directs re- search projects from conceptualization, methodological design, collection of data and analysis, to dis- semination of research findings. Dr. Litzler manages the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), which uses quantitative and qualitative methods
, 201 – 215.[6] Laanan, F. S. (2001). Transfer student adjustment. New Directions for CommunityColleges, 114, 5 – 13.[7] Young, Jacob TN, and Elizabeth Litzler. "Confirmatory factor analysis of transfer studentadjustment." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 37, no. 11 (2013).[8] Anderson-Rowland, Mary R. "Understanding How the 4.0 Guaranteed Plan Works." In2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2016.
ratherthan an internship. He said, “I feel like a more in-depth knowledge of what the company does,and then being able to integrate into that company is more beneficial than working for threecompanies in internships.” He emphasized the benefit of multiple experiences with the samecompany.Table 1. Study Participants Pseudonym Description Reasons interested in Reasons not interested co-op Mariana Latina Pay during co-op Female Long-term career benefits Mechanical Commitment to companyCo-op Student Elizabeth Latina Co-op