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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"College Major"”.
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Factors influencing choice of college major: what really makes a difference?
… to students when deciding their academic major. During the Spring 2012 semester students from the Rowan University subject pool and other classes (n = 60) participated in an online survey. Using a Likert scale, from 1 being extremely influential to 4 being not at all influential, …
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Congruence with College Major in Light of Cognitive Influence and Work Roles
… of the relationship between congruence with college major and academic major satisfaction, as well as academic major success. Uniquely, academic major success was determined through GPA and a 10-subscale self-report measure. Cognitive influences were operationalized as positive and negative …
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Impact of First-Robotics FIRST Tech Challenge participation on female college major selection
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Differential Returns to Ability and College Major 5, 10, and 15 Years after Graduation
… the impact of several variables, including college major field, on earnings of a nationally representative sample (NLSY79) of baccalaureate and masters recipients at multiple points in time. This extends previous research on the impact of college major on future earnings in two ways. First, …
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Exploring Community Colleges in the Stem Education Landscape : development of stem college major choice model
<p>Community colleges are becoming increasingly relevant as an entrance point into postsecondary education for potential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. These institutions are also an important education pathway for women and racial/ethnic minorities who are …
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Influences of differential tuition and a means-tested no-loan program on college major choice
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Examining secondary talented and gifted and agricultural education experiences relative to college major and career choice
… gifted and agricultural education experiences in college major and related career choice. This descriptive study sought out how institutions may go about recruiting and training individuals based upon characteristic and involvement information, perceptions of past academic experiences, and …
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Undecided students: a study of decision-making styles and choosing a college major at Rowan University
… students who are in the process of choosing a major at Rowan University, (b) to investigate students' reactions to making a real-life decision such as choosing a major, and (c) to determine if there is a significant relationship between students' decision-making styles and the characteristics …
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Choice of College Major: An Exploration of Appalachian Female Choice of an Early Childhood Education Major
… mothers regarding why these students chose to major in child development and early childhood education. Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Theory and Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory were used as frameworks for the study. The findings of the study are valuable in advising college …
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The Effects of a Career Development Course on Career and College Major Decision-Making in College Students
… career development course on the undecided college students. Participants included undergraduate students enrolled in the Career Development (COUN 105) class and comparison group students enrolled in Introductory Psychology (PSYX 100), and Intimate and Family Relationship (COUN 295) classes …
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The Effects of a Career Development Course on Career and College Major Decision-Making in College Students
… career development course on the undecided college students. Participants included undergraduate students enrolled in the Career Development (COUN 105) class and comparison group students enrolled in Introductory Psychology (PSYX 100), and Intimate and Family Relationship (COUN 295) classes …
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Analysis of the D/I, T/P Interest Dimensions as Related to Persistence in a College Major
… the predictability of persistence in the same college major, throughout four years of college, from information provided by the ACT World of Work Map (WWM). The ACT interest inventory scores of 3612 high school seniors, who aspired to one of 24 chosen college majors and were college seniors 4 …
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Does Faith-Based Worldview Predict Confidence in College Major: A Quantitative Longitudinal Study at the University of Michigan
… between being spiritual and choosing a college major. Using one public research institution, this quantitative, longitudinal study used secondary data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program from the years 2000–2011. The survey included items that asked students about their …
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The effects on short-term retention and college major selection resulting from systematic career planning of entering college freshmen
… Program on short-term retention and the academic major selection rate of entering college freshmen. The sample consisted of lll randomly selected freshmen who were enrolled in freshman orientation classes during the fall semester at a historically Black university. Three groups (experimental, …
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Determinants of Choice of College Major Among Women and Men: Comparisons of Cohorts in the Late 1960s and 1970s (Sex Differences)
… is to examine factors related to the choice of college major among young women. The study compares a cohort of women in the late 1970s with one in the late 1960s to explain the dramatic increase in the relative representation of women in nontraditional fields during the 1970s. This study also …
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High school students’ perception of technology and its influence on their intent to select a technology college major: A study in gender differences
… related to their intent to select a technology major in college.</p> <p>The research employed survey analysis of 152 students from two high schools from suburban and rural locations in the Midwest. The sample included 72 boys and 80 girls. The students were surveyed to examine their confidence …
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Career counseling for college students: the influence of a computer-assisted career decision-making program on the stability of college major selection at a Research-Extensive University
… on the stability of the choice of college majors. This study sought to determine whether any differences existed in the stability of college majors between students who entered a Research-Extensive University with undeclared majors, used Career Discovery I, and declared a major by …
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Body Shape Dissatisfaction: Patterns of Concern Among Subgroups of College Freshmen Women
… there are patterns of differences according to college major in terms of the percentage of freshmen women who score in the clinically significant range on a measure of attitude toward body shape. Participants (N = 1,982) completed a demographic questionnaire and the Body Shape Questionnaire …
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The effect of structure and locus of control on the career decision making of community college students
… structure. Subjects were fifty-five community college students enrolled in a career development course. Two intervention styles were designed; one stressing a structured, systematic approach, the other emphasizing self and environmental exploration in an unstructured context. Subjects were …
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