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Lowe 1, T. Machet, T. Wilkinson, A, Johnston  \nFaculty of Engineering and Information Technologies The University of Sydney  \nCamperdown, Sydney, Australia  \n{david. lowe, tania. machet, tim.wilkinson, [archie.johnston} @sydney.edu.au](archie.johnston} @sydney.edu.au)  \nConference Key Areas: Gender Diversity  \nKeywords: Performance; Gender; Enrolment  \nINTRODUCTION  \nGender diversity, along with other diversities, has recently been a significant issue in Engineering degree programs throughout the world. There are national variations , though and in many countries the number of females undertaking Engineering programs is significantly lower than the number of males and the drivers and reasons behind these trends are poorly understood. In Australia the proportion of females has remained at around 15% in recent years [1] . The University of Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies has made significant progress in improving its gender balance (with over 30% of the commencing engineering undergraduates being female-almost double the Australian national average) . The gender imbalance generally has the potential to skew professional workplace (engineering) cultures; to have narrower perspectives in technology related projects; to not produce effective outcomes from projects; and to result in the Engineering profession being less popular with females.  \nIn reviewing the general trends in our enrolment and student performance data, alluded to above, it is easy to make untested assumptions which can lead to misinterpretation of the nature of the gender difference. This can potentially be addressed by undertaking fine-grained statistical analysis of our data. The aim is to use the resultant insights to drive admissions and curriculum decision making and through this to improve our gender balance and optimise the appropriate support provided to all students. A detailed analysis of a relatively large cohort of students (N=3906) who have been enrolled in our undergraduate Engineering degree  \n1 Corresponding Author  \nprograms over the last decade has been undertaken, where students' high school subject choices and results are correlated with their subsequent performances in their undergraduate engineering studies.  \n1 BACKGROUND  \nExploration of gender issues in university Engineering programs has been undertaken by numerous researchers in different countries and cultures.  \nEarly work was undertaken with a relatively small sample that showed that neither ethnicity nor gender differences had significantly influenced the success of students. Factors such as vocational interests and low stress levels were major influencing factors [2] . Interestingly, [3] did find that gender had an impact on student performance but it should be noted that this was a relatively small sample of only Chemical Engineering students.  \nIn a much more recent study, an analysis of gender and ethnic enrolment patterns in a relatively large data set of electrical and computer engineering students illustrated a number of trends [4] but explanations of these were not attempted. In another substantial study, student success and attrition were examined through regression analyses where both cognitive and noncognitive variables were considered however gender differences were not found to be material [5] .  \nGender differences in student experiences and attitudes in a number of science majors, although not specifically engineering , are presented in [6] and it is suggested that significant gender differences in high school students regarding interest in different science majors with physical-related being more popular with males and biological-related being of more interest to females, and furthermore, males appear more interested in the financial rewards in careers while females were more connected with a “helping others” ethos.  \nGender differences in grade point ave","cbCaikR45Qrgtunz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikR45Qrgtunz","pdf",272087,"English","# Introduction\n## Background\n# Methodology","[{\"question\":\"What is the main objective of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To conduct fine-grained statistical analysis of student data in order to generate insights that can guide admissions and curriculum decisions and improve gender balance and support for all students.\"},{\"question\":\"How large is the analysed student cohort and what time period does it cover?\",\"answer\":\"The study analyses a cohort of N=3906 students enrolled in undergraduate Engineering programs at the University of Sydney between 2006 and 2016.\"},{\"question\":\"What data does the study use for each student?\",\"answer\":\"For each student, the study records gender and secondary schooling information, including overall secondary school ATAR and details that relate high school subject choices and results to later undergraduate engineering performance.\"}]","Diversity and Gender Enrolment Patterns in an Undergraduate Engineering Program | PDF",23]