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Download full textAshraf, Rasha; Godbey, Jonathan M.; Shrikhande, Milind M.; Widman, Tracy A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
We examine whether college students' persistence in finding a suitable major field of study influences the likelihood of graduation. We find that students who make an effort to select a suitable major early in their college careers graduate in a more timely fashion. Although changing majors is associated with delayed graduation, struggling…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), Graduation, College Students
