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The Design of SWEsters Mentorship Program for First-Year Engineering Student Success

Creator:: Thompson, Tatiana A.
Abstract:: In order to support first-year women in engineering, a program was designed to help their transition to college and promote connection with other women. The program focused on three main areas based in research: mentor matching with mentee input, regular formal meetings in small mentoring groups, and the formation of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: thesis. Key Words: mentoring, women in engineering, student success Corresponding e

Women engineering transfer students : the community college experience

Creator:: Patterson, Susan J.
Abstract:: An interpretative philosophical framework was applied to a case study to document the particular experiences and perspectives of ten women engineering transfer students who once attended a community college and are currently enrolled in one of two university professional engineering programs. This study is important because women still do not...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the degree of Doctor of Education presented on November 9, 2011. Title: Women Engineering Transfer

Student Development at the Boundaries: Makerspaces as Affordances for Engineering Students’ Development

Creator:: Choi, Yoon Ha, Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana, Lenhart, Cindy A., Villanueva, Idalis, and Nadelson, Louis S.
Abstract:: University-based makerspaces are receiving increasing attention as promising innovations that may contribute to the development of future engineers. Using a theory of social boundary spaces, we investigated whether undergraduate student users at two university-based makerspaces in the United States viewed these spaces as affording their development as well-rounded professionals equipped...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Affordances for Engineering Students’ Development sustainability Article Student Development at the

The interrelationship between academic achievement of college freshmen women and measures of anxiety and ability

Creator:: Stutler, Douglas L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a measure of anxiety and academic achievement of freshmen women enrolled in the University of Northern Colorado (U.N.C.). One thousand and eighty women, eighty-seven percent of the freshmen women, were included in this study. All subjects completed the American...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between student involvement and self-esteem among college sophomore women

Creator:: Bridges, Laurie M.
Abstract:: This study examined the relationship between self-esteem and student involvement among American college sophomore women. Self-esteem is defined as "a positive or negative attitude toward the self" (Rosenberg, 1989, xxviii). Student involvement is defined as the amount of time a student spends actively involved in various activities in college (Astin,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The relationship of locus of control to career development in college engineering students

Creator:: Flynn, Cynthia A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between career development and locus of control as they relate to barriers encountered in career development. The sample included 144 students in the engineering program at Oregon State University. The Rotter Internal- External Scale and the Career Development Inventory (Form...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in college engineering students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Cynthia A. Flynn for the degree of

College women, alcohol consumption, and negative sexual outcomes

Creator:: Good, Debora L.
Abstract:: While it is generally assumed that alcohol consumption plays some role in the advent of negative sexual outcomes among college students (sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancies, and date rape), that role has not been empirically demonstrated or quantified. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of alcohol...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College women, alcohol consumption, and negative sexual

The relationship of some family background variables to college graduation

Creator:: Ghaffari, Rose Marie Hughes
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships that were hypothesized to exist between the variables birth order, family size, and parents college attendance and the dependent variable, college graduation. The three general hypotheses tested were: 1. A positive relationship exists between a given position in birth order...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: each subject were recorded from the official student personnel data cards. A series of chi-square

Factors that influence the selection of a traditionally female occupation by women in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Dresser, Judy Riebli
Abstract:: The major question of this study was why do community college women choose traditional occupations? The study examined the characteristics of community college women who chose preparation for a traditional occupation either immediately after graduation from high school or after a period of absence for family responsibilities. The sample for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An investigation of the housing needs of women students in residence halls

Creator:: Jack, Lorena Nadine
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Design of SWEsters Mentorship Program for First-Year Engineering Student Success

Women engineering transfer students : the community college experience

Student Development at the Boundaries: Makerspaces as Affordances for Engineering Students’ Development

The interrelationship between academic achievement of college freshmen women and measures of anxiety and ability

The relationship between student involvement and self-esteem among college sophomore women

The relationship of locus of control to career development in college engineering students

College women, alcohol consumption, and negative sexual outcomes

The relationship of some family background variables to college graduation

Factors that influence the selection of a traditionally female occupation by women in Oregon community colleges

An investigation of the housing needs of women students in residence halls

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