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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Major choice"”.
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Women in STEM: does role congruence affect major choice and retention?
1 PDF file (vii, 71 pages)
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Exploring Community Colleges in the Stem Education Landscape : development of stem college major choice model
… technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. These institutions are also an important education pathway for women and racial/ethnic minorities who are currently underrepresented in the STEM workforce. The purpose of this study is to understand how student demographics, high school, and …
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Students' perceptions of differential tuition based on academic program and the impact on major choice
… different tuition rates based on their academic major, known as differential tuition, has raised many questions regarding the impact this policy has on access and students’ major decisions. These questions have yet to be explored in higher education research. This study attempts to begin to fill …
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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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CULTURAL VALIDITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WORK VALUES AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
… identity endorsement, racism-related stress) and major-related outcome variables (i.e., major choice, major satisfaction) among Asian American college students. Specifically, it is hypothesized that work values will mediate the relationships between three cultural variables (i.e., adherence to …
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Influences of selected demographic variables on the career decision-making self-efficacy of college seniors
… CDMSE by gender, number of times student changed major, and college major choice. Multiple regression analysis was performed on each of the dependent variables (subscales of the CDSE-SF) and all of the independent variables (the selected demographic characteristics). The independent variables …
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Essays in the Economics of Education
… the first essay, I examine how college students' major choice and major switching behavior responds to major-specific labor market shocks. The second essay explores the incidence and persistence of overeducation for workers in the United States. The final essay examines the role that students' …
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Debt and Decision-Making: the Impact of Student Loan Debt On Undergraduates' Choice of Major, Vocation, and Post-College Plans
… on their experience in college, including their choice of major and vocation (Duffy & Sedlacek, 2007; Goyette & Mullen, 2006; Trusty, Robinson, Plata, & Ng, 2000). However, there is little research that indicates how undergraduates' degree of indebtedness affects their choice of major and career …
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How accurate are interest inventories? A quantitative review of career choice hit rates
… to help them make educational and career choices. The present meta-analysis examines the criterion-related validity of interest inventories in predicting career choice outcomes, such as college major choice and occupational membership. This analysis of predictive hit rates incorporates …
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Profiles of Persistence: A qualitative Study of undergraduate Women in Engineering
… of undergraduate women in their engineering majors, from a qualitative paradigm. Guided by the tenets of feminist and inclusive research, the assumption was made that all women, whether they persist or not in their engineering majors, have strengths and insights into their own personal …
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Three essays on rural-nonrural disparities in postsecondary access and success
… and computer science (ECS) degree attainment and major choice. These essays highlight that rural students, particularly those who come from remote areas, are less likely than their nonrural peers to take advanced courses, to enroll in four-year colleges, to earn an engineering degree, and to …
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Where have all the civil engineering students gone? A study of student choice of engineering department
… paper, I will construct a logit model of student choice and apply directly to those students who have been in General Engineering at the University of Waterloo. I will attempt to discover the answer to the question- Why are students no longer choosing as frequently to enter Civil Engineering? …
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Matched, Somewhat-Matched or Mismatched? Predictors of Degree-Job Match among STEM Graduates
… line of literature concerned about career choice and college major choice.</p>
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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
… career decision-making, 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 …
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Supports of and Barriers to Pursuing a Natural Resource Degree and Career: Perspectives of Culturally Diverse Young Adults
… about the specific variables that influence the choice of natural resource majors and careers. Therefore, this study aims to examine the supports and barriers that influence the pursuit of a natural resource degree and career through the lens of the Social Cognitive Career Theory.;Specifically, …
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Three Essays Considering The Labor Market Behavior Of Young Workers
… studied. A calculation of the impact of college major choice on participation is estimated by extending the decomposition, as well as estimating a logit model on participation by college major. For males certain majors (Agriculture and English and Foreign Language) correlate with lower labor …
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Essays on the economics of education, gender, and public policy
… change student enrollment and degree attainment choices. I show evidence that statewide articulation laws did not increase transfers, but increased community college enrollment, and non-vocational associate's degree attainment. To investigate the effects of articulation agreements on transfers …
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Effects of government intervention on human capital accumulation, employment, and migration
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Engineering Students at Typically Invisible Transition Points: A Focus on Admissions and the Sophomore Year
… the definition of a sophomore is an important choice as different definitions may or seem to provide different results. The cohort framework, for example, showed a higher percentage of students retained to their second year than to their third year. In contrast, a credit framework showed a …