期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION
卷 61, 期 4, 页码 298-304出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2018.2859825
关键词
Biomedical engineering; computer engineering electrical engineering; gender; recruitment; undergraduate; underrepresentation
资金
- National Science Foundation [EEC-1428523, EEC-1428689]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Engineering Education and Centers [1428523] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Contribution: The current study finds that female-identified students report stronger associations between helping others and interest in bioengineering/biomedical engineering than non-females, while they report less interest in electrical and computer engineering overall, with similar associations to factors such as inventing/designing things than non-females. Background: While women have made gains in STEM, electrical and computer engineering programs award 13% of their Bachelor's degrees to women while bioengineering/biomedical engineering programs award over 40%. Prior work suggests that women's persistent under-representation in electrical and computer engingeering may be due to them being drawn into other disciplines. Women persist in engineering at similar rates as men, so a better understanding of early college attitudes is needed. Research Questions: 1) How are career outcome expectations associated to electrical engineering, computer engineering, and bioengineering/biomedical engineering? 2) What are females' interests in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and bioengineering/biomedical engineering? 3) Are outcome expectations and major interests distinct for female-identified students? Methodologry: Regression analyses were conducted on multiply-imputed data of introductory engineering students at four public universities in the U.S. Findings: Students associate inventing/designing things and developing new knowledge and skills to electrical engineering, and associate inventing/designing things and working with people (negative) to computer engineering. Students associate helping others and supervising others (negative) to bioengineering/biomedical engineering. Female-identified students are less interested in electrical and computer engineering, more interested in bioengineering/biomedical engineering, and associate helping others to bioengineering/biomedical engineering more strongly.
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