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Gatekeepers of Engineering Workforce Diversity? The Academic and Employment Returns to Student Participation in Voluntary Cooperative Education Programs
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- المؤلفون: Main, Joyce B. (ORCID Main, Joyce B. (ORCID 0000-0002-3984-533X); Johnson, Beata N.; Wang, Yanbing
- اللغة:
English
- المصدر:
Research in Higher Education. Jun 2021 62(4):448-477.
- الموضوع:
2021
- نوع التسجيلة:
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
- معلومة اضافية
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- المصدر:
30
- Sponsoring Agency:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Contract Number:
1329283
- Education Level:
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
- الموضوع:
- الرقم المعرف:
10.1007/s11162-020-09596-7
- ISSN:
0361-0365
- نبذة مختصرة :
This study examines the effect of participation in cooperative education (co-op) programs on engineering undergraduate students' academic and employment outcomes, with particular attention to diversity in engineering. Co-ops are partnerships between an academic institution and an employer designed to engage students in early practical work experience through rotations of full-time employment and full-time traditional classroom study. Previous studies highlight the positive academic and employment returns to participating in co-ops. However, among voluntary co-ops, it is unclear to what extent these potential benefits can be attributed to the causal effect of engagement in co-ops versus the selection of higher-performing students. This study addresses this selection issue by using propensity score matching. Data come from 12 cohorts of engineering undergraduate students from a large, research-intensive institution in the Midwest. Results indicate that co-op participants are more likely to graduate in an engineering major and to have higher overall grade point averages compared to their non-co-op peers. On average, co-op participants are also more likely to obtain engineering jobs and to earn higher starting salaries post-graduation than their non-co-op peers. Although Hispanic/Latino students are less likely to participate in co-ops, underrepresented racially minoritized students who complete co-ops are more likely to graduate in engineering and to earn higher starting salaries post-graduation than those who do not participate. Research findings provide support for promoting co-ops as a potential strategy to help improve student academic and employment outcomes with implications for potentially diversifying the engineering workforce downstream.
- نبذة مختصرة :
As Provided
- الموضوع:
2021
- الرقم المعرف:
EJ1299542
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