Attrition in STEM fields at a liberal arts college: The importance of grades and pre-collegiate preferences

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 892-900

  Rask, Kevin ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Major choice; STEM

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HIGHER EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149497467     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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