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Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
Producing sufficient numbers of graduates who are prepared for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations has become a national priority in the United States. To attain this goal, some policymakers have targeted reducing STEM attrition in college, arguing that retaining more students in STEM fields in college is a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Attrition, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Hudis, Paula M.; Stolzenberg, Ross M. – 1987
Statistical trends in the characteristics of registrants for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) are presented. Areas of focus are: registrations (registration volumes have increased dramatically over time); worldwide age distribution (the percentage of older test registrants has increased); world distribution (there has been a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Admission, College Students, Educational Assessment
Fitzgerald, Robert A. – 2000
This report examines the association between institutional characteristics and the earnings of recent college graduates five years after graduation. Data from the 1980 High School and Beyond (HS&B) survey were combined with information about courses, grades, credits, and credentials contained in the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study, a…
Descriptors: College Credits, Course Selection (Students), Degrees (Academic), Education Work Relationship