ERIC Number: EJ1363051
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Publication Date: 2023-Feb
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Give It a Swirl? An Examination of the Influence of 4-Year Students Taking Entry-Level Math Courses at the Local Community College
Voorhees, Nicholas; Ortagus, Justin C.; Marti, Erica
Research in Higher Education, v64 n1 p147-173 Feb 2023
Roughly half of 4-year students who begin as STEM majors either change to non-STEM majors or drop out of college altogether. STEM attrition is especially disconcerting for underserved students, such as people of color or individuals from low-income families, who are significantly less likely to persist in or graduate from a STEM degree program when compared to their White or higher-income peers. Previous researchers have reported that co-enrolling at more than one institution (or swirling between institutions) can be associated with higher rates of persistence and graduation. In this study, we leverage student-level transcript data from a high enrollment, broad-access university to examine the influence of math swirling on underserved students' academic outcomes within high-demand STEM degree programs. We find that math swirling is positively related to persistence to upper-division math courses and bachelor's degree completion in non-STEM degree programs, but math swirling has no influence on students' likelihood of bachelor's degree completion in high-demand STEM fields.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Student Attrition, Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Academic Persistence, Course Selection (Students), Low Income Students, Minority Group Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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