Jessie Powell, Purdue University (IMAGE) Purdue University Caption Purdue undergraduate engineering student Jessie Powell redirects her team's robot as it tries to follow a line on its way to lifting a weighted aluminum can. New research findings suggest that, contrary to popular belief, engineering students don't have a higher dropout rate than students in other majors and women do just as well as their male counterparts, information that could lead to a strategy for boosting the number of US engineering graduates. Credit Purdue University file photo/Andrew Hancock Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.