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ISSN Печать: 1072-8325
ISSN Онлайн: 1940-431X
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELD IN UNDERSTANDING PERSISTENCE AMONG SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MAJORS
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Many contemporary studies of persistence in science and engineering majors find that students gender is an important explanatory variable in understanding why students leave and stay in their majors. This study revisits an earlier report by this author to explore the relative impact of gender on persistence when field of major is held constant, using the same data as the earlier work, drawing on survey responses from 285 students in required biology and engineering courses. The author argues two points: that effects of field on students persistence are often misinterpreted as gender effects and that gender is too often understood in the narrow sense of students sex. The author finds that when field is taken into account, students sex has little explanatory power for understanding persistence rates. In contrast, students positive experiences with and positive attitudes about gender equity significantly enhance commitments to science and engineering majors, advanced degrees, and careers. The results suggest the need for field-specific interventions to promote the advancement of undergraduate women in science and engineering.
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