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Empowering engineering students through storytelling

  • Written by Anne Hamby, Associate Professor of Marketing, Boise State University

Stories of self-doubt are common among engineering students. That was a key finding of a study conducted recently at Boise State University by a team of researchers.

Students surveyed questioned their abilities. They were sure everyone else understood the material. They said they didn’t fit in. They wondered whether they should quit...

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