ERIC Number: EJ844511
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 7
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Mathematical Content of Curricula and Beginning Salaries of Graduating Students
Lee, B. Brian; Lee, Jungsun
Journal of Education for Business, v84 n6 p332-338 Jul-Aug 2009
The authors examined an association between mathematical content in college-level curricula and beginning salaries of graduating students on the basis of data collected from a public university in the southern region of the United States. The authors classified the mathematical content requirements of the curricula into the following 5 groups according to the number of mathematics courses required and their content: (a) Group 1 (1 elective in basic mathematics), (b) Group 2 (2 electives in basic mathematics), (c) Group 3 (Business Mathematics I and II), (d) Group 4 (Engineering Mathematics I and II), and (e) Group 5 (more than 2 courses in advanced mathematics). Graduates from Group 5 earned $10,383 more than did those from Group 1. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Graduate Students, Career Choice, College Curriculum, Mathematics Skills, School Choice, Socioeconomic Status, Thinking Skills, Salaries, Statistical Significance, Regression (Statistics), Self Efficacy, High School Students, Geometry, Algebra, Mathematical Concepts, Equations (Mathematics), Academic Achievement, Surveys, Business Education
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Language: English
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