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Career Changes in College
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EducationSocial StratificationSocial SciencesCareer InterventionStem EducationMale StudentsGender StudiesCareer AdaptabilityCollege PipelineUniversity Student RetentionCareer ConcernFreshman YearCareer EnhancementCareer PlansSocial ClassCareer DevelopmentAcademic Career DevelopmentHigher EducationSecondary EducationSociologyCareer EducationCareer Changes
Changes in career plans during the freshman year were studied using a sample of male students from 248 heterogeneous colleges who were planning careers as engineers (N= 1999), teachers (N= 1816), physicians (N=1576), businessmen (N=928), lawyers (N=869), chemists N(= 484), accountants (N=420), and physicists (N=391). The results support the generalization that in terms of academic ability and social class background, students who are unlike the majority of the other students with the same initial career choice tend to change their career plans to another field where they will be more like the other students. Other results suggested that sons who chose the same occupations as their fathers were less likely to change their career plans than others making those career choices.