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Mikkonen, Johanna; Heikkila, Annamari; Ruohoniemi, Mirja; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This article explores how new university students in three different fields of study--arts, law and veterinary medicine--explain their own disciplinary choices (n = 536). Despite the differences between the study fields, the new students' answers often included the word "interest". Because interest is linked to high-quality learning, the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Veterinary Medicine, College Students, Art