College major choice and ability: Why is general ability not enough?

Bartolj, Tjaša; Polanec, Sašo

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.010

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“…John, 2000). Education leaders have worried that new students in colleges and universities do not get adequate help when it is time to choose a college and a major (Al Khateeb, 2012;Anonymous, 2011Anonymous, , 2014Dickson, 2010;Johnson, Rochkind, Ott, & Dupont, 2009;Lafy, 2010;Mohsen, 2013;students"Supiano, 2011;Zafar, 2011), and the problem aggregates when students do not know how to choose their majors due to absence of information and orientation workshops (Al Any, 2013;Al Khateeb, 2012;Anonymous, 2011Anonymous, , 2014Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Dickson, 2010;Hajar, 2012;Hoxby & Turner, 2013;Lafy, 2010;Mohsen, 2013;Moore & Shulock, 2011;Zafar, 2011). Some institutions suggest that students wait to declare a major in or after the second year of coursework, so they have a better sense of the breadth of options.…”

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“…Several researchers have documented that students lack the knowledge of how to choose majors and whether they are related to their personal preference or individual abilities (Arcidiacono, Hotz, & Kang, 2010;Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;García-Aracil et al, 2007), or according to potential job opportunities (Arcidiacono et al, 2010;Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Carnevale & Melton, 2011), both of which contribute to their satisfaction, success and stability. The choice of a college major can be one of the most important decisions students can make for the rest of their lives ( (Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Beggs, Bantham, & Taylor, 2008;Dickson, 2010;Korscheg & Hageseth, 1997;Lafy, 2010;Mohsen, 2013;Porter & Umbach, 2006;Simoes & Soares, 2010;St.…”

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“…The choice of a college major can be one of the most important decisions students can make for the rest of their lives ( (Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Beggs, Bantham, & Taylor, 2008;Dickson, 2010;Korscheg & Hageseth, 1997;Lafy, 2010;Mohsen, 2013;Porter & Umbach, 2006;Simoes & Soares, 2010;St. John, 2000).…”

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“…Many educators and researchers have noted the importance of the relationship between students and faculty advisor to the success of the students (NACADA, 2016;Mohsen, 2013;Al Khateeb, 2012;Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Anonymous, 2014Anonymous, , 2011Dickson, 2010;Johnson,;Pargett, 2011Lafy, 2010students"Supiano, 2011;Zafar, 201;Rochkind, Ott, & Dupont, 2009). Looking at academic advising as an educational process, advising plays a critical role in connecting students with learning opportunities to foster and support their engagement success and retention (Pargett, 2011).…”

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“…Looking at academic advising as an educational process, advising plays a critical role in connecting students with learning opportunities to foster and support their engagement success and retention (Pargett, 2011). College major choice and later major change related to academic advising issues has been the subject of research interest for quite some time (Al Khateeb, 2012;Bartolj & Polanec, 2012;Bayomi, 2011;Beffy, Fougere, & Maurel, 2012;Dickson, 2010;Dietz, 2010;Hajar, 2012;Ismael, 2012;Lafy, 2010;Malgwi et al, 2005;Mohsen, 2013;Scott-Clayton, 2011;Simoes & Soares, 2010;Simpson, 1987;John, 2000;Wilcoxson & Wynder, 2010;Zafar, 2011Zafar, , 2013. Many authors agreed that the difficulty of determining and choosing a major is related to the ambiguity some students have about college majors, their abilities and interests (Anonymous, 2014;Baker & Griffin, 2010;Keshishian, Brocavich, & Boone, 2010;Moore & Shulock, 2011;Wilcoxson & Wynder, 2010;Zafar, 2011Zafar, , 2013.…”

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Academic Advising and Maintaining Major: Is There a Relation?

Jaradat¹,

Mustafa²

2017

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of academic advising on changing or maintaining majors in university degrees. It is also a goal of the study to determine which semester of the course study is most likely or less likely witness the change of major and whether advising contributes to that change. Through this correlational study, the researchers explored students' perceptions about the academic advising they received and the relationship of its absence on students' major change. The participants were 1725 undergraduate students from all year levels. One survey is used to collect the data for this study: Influences on Choice of Major Survey. Based on the findings, it is found that university advisors have a very poor effect on students' decisions to select their majors as 45.6% of the 1725 participants indicate NO influence of advising in their survey answers. Whereas career advancement opportunities, students' interests, and job opportunities indicate a strong effect on their majors' selections as they score the highest means of 3. 76, 3.73, 3.64 respectively. In addition, findings show that students are most likely changing their majors in their second year and specifically in the second semester. Second year major change scored 36.9% in the second semester and 30.9% in the first semester. More importantly, results indicate that there is a positive significant correlation between college advisor and change major in the second year (p = 0.000). It is to researchers understanding based on the findings that when students receive enough academic advising in the first year of study and continues steadily to the next year, the possibilities of students changing their majors decreases greatly.

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Section: Introduction On the Importance Of Advisingmentioning

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Section: Introduction On the Importance Of Advisingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction On the Importance Of Advisingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction On the Importance Of Advisingmentioning

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Section: Introduction On the Importance Of Advisingmentioning

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Academic Advising and Maintaining Major: Is There a Relation?

Jaradat¹,

Mustafa²

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Returns to Higher Education: Graduate and Discipline Premiums

Zhu

Xu²

2022

Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics

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This chapter reviews and evaluates progress in recent research on the graduate premium in general as well as the differential graduate premiums by discipline, accounting for higher-education choice by individuals under substantial uncertainty. The contribution of this review, relative to previous reviews, is the collection of a wider variety of evidence that all bears on a relatively narrow issue, namely the graduate and discipline premiums, allowing for selection into undergraduate degree and degree subjects which include the option value of undertaking postgraduate degrees. The issue of subject-job match quality after graduation is only treated as a sensitivity check to the main results, due to concerns with self-selection. To avoid overlap with the more thematic chapters in this handbook which focus on HE structures and student financing respectively, this review only emphasizes that the sizes of the graduate and discipline premiums are context-specific, especially regarding how HE is structured and financed in a country, without going into details. Much higher weight is placed on the most up-to-date research that sheds light on the causal effects of highereducation and subject choice, and the conclusions are heavily driven by the best evidence rather than by consensus built around correlations. The chapter ends with a short summary of the empirical evidence and a brief discussion of possible areas for future research.

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Degree choice evidence from stated preferences

Artabe

Gardeazábal

2016

Empir Econ

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College major choice and ability: Why is general ability not enough?

Cited by 33 publications

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Academic Advising and Maintaining Major: Is There a Relation?

Academic Advising and Maintaining Major: Is There a Relation?

Returns to Higher Education: Graduate and Discipline Premiums

Degree choice evidence from stated preferences

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