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Direct linkFirmin, Michael W.; MacKillop, Lisa M. – NACADA Journal, 2008
Twenty undergraduates participated in individual, semi-structured interviews concerning their decisions to change majors. We found three common extrinsic and three intrinsic factors related to their decisions. Extrinsic factors included parents who were supportive but not meaningfully directive, lack of familial external guidance, and lack of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Educational Change, Predictor Variables
