Engineering students' interests in nonprofit and public policy careers: Applying a data-driven approach to identifying contributing factors
Findings from this paper
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Engineering students drawn to nonprofits and to government want different things from a career
In a national survey of 4,605 final-year engineering students, interest in nonprofit work went with valuing volunteering and helping others, interest in government work went with wanting to tackle specific problems, and valuing job security pointed in opposite directions for the two.
Cite this paper
Kim, D. & Katz, A. (2025). Engineering students' interests in nonprofit and public policy careers: Applying a data-driven approach to identifying contributing factors. Journal of Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20620
BibTeX
@article{kim2025engineering,
title = {Engineering students' interests in nonprofit and public policy careers: Applying a data-driven approach to identifying contributing factors},
author = {Kim, Dayoung and Katz, Andrew},
journal = {Journal of Engineering Education},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1002/jee.20620}
}