Background Mental health issues reported among college‐aged individuals have increased.
Prevalence of these issues has an established impact on students' personal, professional …

Aim/Purpose The purpose of our study was to gain a better understanding of the factors that
contribute to graduate student sense of belonging and gain insights into differences in sense …

188 The Journal of Higher Education engineers are expected to be analytical and
competitive, traits that are associated with masculinity. In fact, past research has indicated …

Although the perceived compatibility between one's gender and science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) identities (gender-STEM compatibility) has been …

Background While researchers in graduate engineering education are beginning to study
facets of student experiences as they relate to attrition and persistence, theoretical …

This exploratory mixed-methods study examines factors contributing to doctoral students'
consideration of departure from their graduate programs with comparisons made by sex and …

As part of a sequential exploratory mixed methods study, 9 months of ethnographically
guided observations and interviews were used to develop a survey examining graduate …

One of the pivotal goals in engineering education is to broaden participation of different
minorities. An overlooked barrier yet to be explored is how hidden curriculum and its …

The purpose of this study is to better understand the differences in selected retention
constructs by student nationality in US graduate programs. Surveys administered at four …

Legal and social sanctions on overt discrimination in educational institutions were
implemented to redress the inequalities associated with years of segregation and unequal …