Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

ISSN for PRINT: 1072-8325

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2006, Volume12

Issue 1

95 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v12.i1

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Jeffry L. White
Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, 44805

James W. Altschuld
The Ohio State University

Yi-Fang Lee
National Chi Nan University

Increased enrollment has not produced more degrees for minorities in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics disciplines. Although there are a variety of reasons for students not persisting, a number of students undoubtedly change majors or drop out due to loss of interest. This study focused solely on interest and interaction variables for predicting persistence in a sample of students from 15 institutions in Ohio.

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v12.i1.40 Download article, 47-64 pages

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