journals.sagepub.com/home/gpi Students' choices about which educational and career paths to pursue, including their selection of college majors, shape many aspects of their future lives. Although people often believe that educational interests and choices are determined primarily by intrinsic factors, initial selection and retention rates in specific majors (e.g., STEM) vary systematically as a function of gender, social
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