Military veteran students' pathways in engineering education (year 6)

Abstract

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Engineering Education (REE)-funded project explores the experiences of student veterans in engineering (SVE) at four institutions across the US. Data collection included interviews with key informants in year one of this grant, focus groups with SVEs in year two, and in-depth SVE interviews in year three at each campus. Efforts since then have focused on analysis and dissemination. Here, we provide a summary and highlight some recent results from our work. This study has potential for broad impact by diversifying pathways to and through engineering programs.