1. Overview -- 2. Entering S.M.E. Majors: Choice and Preparation -- 3. The Learning Experience in S.M.E. Majors -- 4. Career and Lifestyle, Time and Money -- 5. Issues of Gender -- 6. Issues of Race and Ethnicity -- 7. Some Conclusions and Their Implications -- App. B. Topics Explored in Interviews and Focus Groups
Summary
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
Notes
Bibliography: p403-422. _ Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-422) and indexes
