Research on situational antecedents for women's persistence is critical to advancing gender
equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. To disentangle …

How do undergraduates make their first course decisions, and are these decisions fateful?
Drawing on serial interviews (N= 200) of 53 students at an admissions-selective university …

This paper explores whether a Student's choice of major leads to certain personality traits
and the reasons for this phenomenon. Specifically, we look at evidence from two Chinese …

A student's expectation for a positive outcome for their future career development is referred
to as career optimism. Career Services, a common university department, utilizes the social …

Substantial social stratification research conceptualizes education as a series of standard
transitions from one stage to the next, such as from high school to college. Yet less research …

Education is one of the most fundamental aspects for humans. From human birth to growing
up, we never stop learning. Especially now that we are in an era where technology develops …

Gender segregation across fields of study is a persistent problem in higher education.
Although a large body of literature has illustrated both gendered patterns in major choice as …

This study surveyed first-year business students to measure their intended academic major
at the beginning and at the end of the semester, and the relative importance of the factors …

As part of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (2007), the USA funded the TEACH
Grant to incentivize earning a degree in a high-need content area (eg, STEM fields …

Social scientists have long recognized field of study as an important mechanism of gender
differentiation and stratification in US higher education, but they have rarely attended to how …