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EducationHigher EducationScience EducationScience InstructionSecondary Science EducationStem EducationStudent MobilityStudent ParticipationStudent Retention PolicyBarriers To Student MobilityCollege Major ChoiceGraduate Student PersistenceMajor PersistenceRetention In Engineering EducationStem Achievement GapsStem Participation Gaps
This intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into nonscience majors. Based on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majors.