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lack of participation by freshmen and sophomore students who qualify for these pro-
grams. The results demonstrated that a high percentage of the qualier/nonparticipants are
unaware of the programs and events on their campuses (from dissertation abstract from
ProQuest).
Haden, C. 2006. Retention of Underrepresented Students in Engineering Degree Programs:
An Evaluation Study. EdD diss. Northern Arizona University.
This study examines issues
related to persistence of women and minorities in engineering degree programs, and evalu-
ates the Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) at a public university in the western
United States. The ndings indicate that issues of social and academic integration ...