College-Major Choice to College-Then-Major Choice
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Motivating factors influencing college students' choice of academic major.
OBJECTIVES To assess the factors, motivations, and nonacademic influences that affected the choice of major among pharmacy and nonpharmacy undergraduate students. METHODS A survey was administered to 618 pharmacy and nonpharmacy majors to assess background and motivational factors that may have influenced their choice of major. The sample consisted of freshman and sophomore students enrolled ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Review of Economic Studies
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0034-6527,1467-937X
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdv023