Student attitude and involvement in the sciences may be positively or negatively influenced through both formal academic experiences informal outside classroom. Researchers have reported that differences science interest between genders begin early a student’s career attitudes towards particular field of can correlated to achievement field. In this study, we approach question how been shaped us...

Women are now more likely to receive college degrees than men, yet important differences remain in the majors of women and men. This visualization depicts women’s men’s across four decades Norway. The authors document movement into higher paying show that men increasingly majoring fields gender integrated. However, overrepresented female-dominated majors, have historically been well paid. thus ...

Noise exposure was assessed in college students using dosimeters. Hearing sensitivity was measured using pure-tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emissions. Results indicate music majors are exposed to higher levels of noise due to rehearsal compared to their non-music major peers.

While postsecondary education appears to promote civic mindedness and engagement, relatively little is known about the association between outcomes types of education, as well across different academic programs. Using a convenience sample from two institutions in Mid-Atlantic U.S., this research examines differences engagement 2-year community college 4-year university students, students majors...

Given that Mandarin is a verb-serializing language, Russian a satellite-framed language, and Spanish a verb-framed language, the current study examines Mandarin college students’ acquisition of Russian and Spanish as L2, to understand the strength of L1 preferences for expression of PATH on Russian and Spanish majors’ second language acquisition in Taiwan. Based on oral narrative data, the stud...

The principal purpose of the study was to compare perceived burnout levels (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment) of college students by year in school (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior), and academic major (music or non-music). The secondary purpose was to examine relationships among perceived burnout, academic, and personal variables (average numb...

Due primarily to the difficulty of obtaining ideal data, much remains unknown about how college majors are determined. We take advantage of longitudinal expectations data from the Berea Panel Study to provide new evidence about this issue, paying particular attention to the choice of whether to major in math and science. The data collection and analysis are based directly on a simple conceptual...