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Student Interest and Persistence in Science: Changes in the Educational Pipeline in the Last Decade.
Peer reviewedHilton, Thomas L.; Lee, Valerie E. – Journal of Higher Education, 1988
Declining birth rates in the 1960s have caused some to forecast shortages of new scientists and engineers by the end of this decade. Students in national longitudinal studies begun in 1972 and 1980 were compared, and it was concluded that a decline in the supply of engineers and scientists is unlikely. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, Change, Engineering
Download full textHill, Susan; Owings, Maria – 1986
Courses taken for the bachelor's degrees are examined for specific majors and overall fields of study (i.e., education, humanities, social sciences, quantitative fields, and business). Analyses are based on college transcripts of 4,440 participants in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Majors in quantitative fields…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration Education, College Credits, College Curriculum
