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Huyen Pham Thi; Viet An Tran; Phuong An Tran; Thi Thu Ha Nguyen – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to assess the impact of peer pressure on the university choices of students in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: This study follows two stages, which included reviewing literature to identify the constituent factors of peer pressure influencing students' university choice decisions and validating these factors through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Influence, College Choice, Decision Making
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Merav Kalik Lerner; Sabina Lissitsa – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
This study explores the active non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) educational choices made by young women who grew up in a STEM occupational habitus, yet deviated from the expected trajectory exemplified by their parents. Employing Bourdieu's concept of occupational habitus and the Microclass Mobility Model, the study…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Decision Making, STEM Education
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Zachary Richards; Angela M. Kelly – Community College Review, 2025
Objective/Research Question: Community college graduation rates are typically quite low, and developmental mathematics enrollment and coursetaking patterns may constrain academic outcomes. To identify ways in which community college graduation rates may be improved, decision trees were utilized to examine the STEM coursetaking patterns of N =…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Enrollment, Decision Making, Educational Attainment