Talking about leaving
Subtitle: why undergraduates leave the sciences
By: Elaine Seymour and Nancy M. Hewitt.
Contributors: Hewitt, Nancy M.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: College dropouts -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States; Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States; College students -- United States -- Attitudes
Description: 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: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-422) and indexes.