Sluss, J. J., & Davis, C. E., & Yeary, M. B. (2011, June), Best Practices of a Two Year Study on a Recruiting Program to Boost ECE Undergraduate Enrollment  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17566

\bibitem{asee_peer_17566}
  Sluss, J. J., \& Davis, C. E., \& Yeary, M. B. (2011, June), \emph{Best Practices of a Two Year Study on a Recruiting Program to Boost ECE Undergraduate Enrollment}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17566

James J. Sluss Jr., Chad Eric Davis, and Mark B. Yeary.  "Best Practices of a Two Year Study on a Recruiting Program to Boost ECE Undergraduate Enrollment".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17566 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_17566}
  James J. Sluss Jr., Chad Eric Davis, and Mark B. Yeary.
  "Best Practices of a Two Year Study on a Recruiting Program to Boost ECE Undergraduate Enrollment".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17566 Internet.  26 Apr, 2024

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