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ERIC Number: EJ380261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Student Interest and Persistence in Science: Changes in the Educational Pipeline in the Last Decade.
Hilton, Thomas L.; Lee, Valerie E.
Journal of Higher Education, v59 n5 p510-26 Sep-Oct 1988
Declining birth rates in the 1960s have caused some to forecast shortages of new scientists and engineers by the end of this decade. Students in national longitudinal studies begun in 1972 and 1980 were compared, and it was concluded that a decline in the supply of engineers and scientists is unlikely. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, Change, Engineering, Females, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Mathematics, Minority Groups, Predictive Measurement, Sciences, Sex Differences, Student Interests, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: High School and Beyond (NCES); National Longitudinal Study High School Class 1972