Engineering faculty and staff understand why people want to become engineers: Engineers get to use their creative side and their analytical side. It’s fun to work on a team. Exploring new technologies is exciting and adventurous. The salaries are very attractive. And, perhaps most important of all, engineers design things that make the world a better place.
So why would anyone leave engineering while pursuing a degree? Engineering professors do not understand this well, but the data shows, at CU Denver and elsewhere, that more people leave engineering school than finish. A growing body of evidence suggests that people leave engineering not because they are unqualified, but because they feel unincluded or unwelcomed. This is a big deal for engineering colleges, for industry needs, for national competitiveness, and for social mobility (remember those salaries).
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