Main, J. B., & Ramirez, N., & Schimpf, C. T. (2018, June), Board 93: Student Career Decision Making Approaches and Development of Professional Engineering Trajectories  Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--30140

\bibitem{asee_peer_30140}
  Main, J. B., \& Ramirez, N., \& Schimpf, C. T. (2018, June), \emph{Board 93: Student Career Decision Making Approaches and Development of Professional Engineering Trajectories}
  Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah.
  10.18260/1-2--30140

Joyce B. Main, Nichole Ramirez, and Corey T Schimpf.  "Board 93: Student Career Decision Making Approaches and Development of Professional Engineering Trajectories".  2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2018.  https://peer.asee.org/30140 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_30140}
  Joyce B. Main, Nichole Ramirez, and Corey T Schimpf.
  "Board 93: Student Career Decision Making Approaches and Development of Professional Engineering Trajectories".
  \emph{2018 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2018.
  https://peer.asee.org/30140 Internet.  11 Jan, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This article describes the process through which engineering undergraduate students determine whether to participate in cooperative education programs, including how institutional factors influence their decisions. This study proposes a framework for understanding how students envision their career trajectory and continuing professional development. Qualitative data collected from 44 engineering sophomore students reveal that the decision making approaches entails consideration of two main factors: (1) logistics of the co-op program intersected with academic responsibilities, and (2) social influences including input from family, friends, and administrators and employers involved in the co-op placement process. Considering these factors, students’ choices involve how they envision their professional trjaectories. A conceptual framework is proposed which represent four broad personas: Explorer (seeks breadth of experiences), Reinforcer (seeks depth of experiences), Explorer/Reinforcer hybrids, and undecideds that illustrate the decision making process and factors. Stakeholders, including co-op employers and co-op administrators, can apply the findings to develop strategies to encourage students to participate in work experiences that best fits their career development approaches.  


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