Abstract:
Recruiting and retaining women into agricultural engineering has been a long-standing challenge. The newer biological engineering oriented curricula appear to be attracting more women into the departments which have initiated such programs. Louisiana State University reported in the April, 1993 issue of Within ASAE that of the 81 students enrolled in their Biological Engineering program, 41% are women, compared to approximately 10% in typical engineering classes.
We surveyed female graduates of six midwestern agricultural engineering departments to better understand their reasons for choosing Agricultural Engineering, and to learn of their experiences as students. This article will discuss the survey results, and also present findings from other studies related to the recruitment and retention of female students in engineering.
Keywords:
recruiting, retaining, women in agriculture, women in biological engineering
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