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Profiles of STEM Students: Persisters, Joiners, Changers and Departers. ACT Research Report Series 2017-3
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Westrick, Paul – ACT, Inc., 2017
This study is an extension of two previous studies that provided profiles of persisting STEM majors overall (regardless of academic performance) and persisting STEM majors who earned semester GPAs of 3.0 or higher (Westrick, 2016, 2017). Using data from 25 four-year institutions, this study compared the mean ACT assessment scores, HSGPAs, and ACT…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Profiles, Comparative Analysis