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Work in Progress: Privilege and Diversity as Determiners of Engineering Identity and Success

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Conference

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Tampa, Florida

Publication Date

June 15, 2019

Start Date

June 15, 2019

End Date

June 19, 2019

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Tagged Division

First-Year Programs

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

16

DOI

10.18260/1-2--33643

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https://peer.asee.org/33643

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442

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John Sangster P.E. Northeastern University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-1358

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Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern in 2018, he served for three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation.

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Abstract

Working toward the goal of increasing retention and success of engineering students, this paper explores the impacts that this disparity in prior experience and expertise has on student outcomes.

Sangster, J. (2019, June), Work in Progress: Privilege and Diversity as Determiners of Engineering Identity and Success Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33643

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