Due to the far-reaching implications of declining retention rates in
engineering programs, engineering educators have also expressed concern
over the issue of poor retention. In a three-year, cross-institutional study of
science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) students, Seymour and Hewitt (1997) compared the academic performance and characteristics of students
who decided to leave SME fields to those who persisted and found the two
groups to be strikingly similar. Contrary to speculation that high attrition in
engineering may be due to the loss of ill-prepared students, Seymour and
Hewitt’s work (1997) suggests that able students, who might otherwise provide added perspectives to the field of engineering, are leaving the field in good academic standing. This problem was found to be accentuated among women in engineering who were more likely than men to leave, despite having
demonstrated similar capabilities. In a field centered on addressing the needs
of society, the absence of these able students’ perspectives may be detrimental to the relevance of future engineering solutions to society as a whole. It is therefore imperative that engineering educators work toward increasing the retention of a diverse student population, as the needs of a diverse society can only be fully met by a representative engineering workforce.
Due to the far-reaching implications of declining retention rates in
engineering programs, engineering educators have also expressed concern
over the issue of poor retention. In a three-year, cross-institutional study of
science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) students, Seymour and Hewitt (1997) compared the academic performance and characteristics of students
who decided to leave SME fields to those who persisted and found the two
groups to be strikingly similar. Contrary to speculation that high attrition in
engineering may be due to the loss of ill-prepared students, Seymour and
Hewitt’s work (1997) suggests that able students, who might otherwise provide added perspectives to the field of engineering, are leaving the field in good academic standing. This problem was found to be accentuated among women in engineering who were more likely than men to leave, despite having
demonstrated similar capabilities. In a field centered on addressing the needs
of society, the absence of these able students’ perspectives may be detrimental to the relevance of future engineering solutions to society as a whole. It is therefore imperative that engineering educators work toward increasing the retention of a diverse student population, as the needs of a diverse society can only be fully met by a representative engineering workforce.
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