Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ536703
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Where Have All the Majors Gone? Comment.
Conrad, Cecilia A.
Journal of Economic Education, v27 n4 p376-78 Fall 1996
Maintains that high enrollment figures for undergraduate economics majors in the 1980s reflected social and economic trends more than any substantive interest in the subject. Argues that the discipline is better off without a preponderance of students whose only interest is business applications. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Course Selection (Students), Declining Enrollment, Economic Factors, Economics Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Demand, Educational Research, Enrollment Trends, Majors (Students), School Statistics, Student Characteristics, Student Interests, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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