Undecided, Multiple Change, and Decided Students: How Different Are They?.
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In this article, an examination of demographic and performance variables revealed few differences among entering student groups in terms of whether or not they declared a major field of study, and the major contribution of this study is to call into question the impression that undecidedness represents a problem for the student.Abstract:
This article demonstrates than an examination of demographic and performance variables revealed few differences among entering student groups in terms of whether or not they declared a major field of study. The authors state that “the major contribution of this study is to call into question the impression . . . that undecidedness represents a problem for the student. . .”read more
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Vocational Certainty and Indecision in College Freshmen
TL;DR: In this paper, three groups of entering college freshmen, possessing varying degrees of identification of educational-vocational goals, were compared on a variety of personality, achievement, aptitude, school, and family factors.
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A longitudinal study of the vocationally undecided male student
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared high school seniors who were vocationally undecided as freshmen to seniors who had persisted in a major or had immigrated to each of the six Holland vocational categories.
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Attrition and the Vocationally Undecided Student.
TL;DR: In this article, undecided freshmen persisting to college graduation were compared with undecided freshmen who left college by the end of their fourth quarter, finding that 72% of the leavers were not in good academic standing; stayers had higher ACT scores than leavers.