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Going the Distance
Transfer students from two-year community colleges and technical schools infuse diversity, skill, and motivation into traditional undergraduate engineering programs–and the future workforce. But too many don't reach their goal of a bachelor's degree because of economic and academic pressures. Here's how one university is helping them go the distance.
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Dr. Gary Harlow, chair of mechanical engineering at Lehigh University and Dr. Patricia Brackin, professor of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, take us through varying ways to get ahead early in an undergraduate career. If you want to go from being a last-minute career thinker to first minute, hear what these professors have to say.
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Although the number of female engineering students has grown over the years, only 14 percent of engineers are women. Industry needs to become more pro-active in getting female middle- and high-school students involved in engineering through creative programs and seminars.
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