CHANGING A COLLEGE MAJOR: A COMPARISON OF STUDENT AND FACULTY VIEWS

dc.contributor.advisor Brinthaupt, Thomas en_US
dc.contributor.author Marade, Angelo A. en_US
dc.contributor.committeemember Hamilton, Gloria en_US
dc.contributor.committeemember Calahan, Paula en_US
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-25T14:42:26Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-25T14:42:26Z
dc.date.issued 2015-06-26 en_US
dc.description.abstract ABSTRACT en_US
dc.description.abstract Participants were college students and faculty members from a large public university in Tennessee. Each group completed a self-report measure and demographic questions. Each measure was comprised of a question or scenario pertaining to changing an academic major. Results showed that student and faculty views were similar regarding changing an academic major due to a change in career goals. However, student and faculty views were dissimilar when it pertains to changing an academic major recommended by others. Results also showed that student and faculty views are similar regarding the amount of effort exerted by students. Conversely, student and faculty views were dissimilar when rating measures regarding, GPA, grades, and teachers as curricular reasons to change an academic major. Implications for future research include examining the role that required effort of students plays in their decisions to change academic majors. en_US
dc.description.degree M.A. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4557
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.subject.umi Education en_US
dc.subject.umi Cognitive psychology en_US
dc.subject.umi Adult education en_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters en_US
dc.title CHANGING A COLLEGE MAJOR: A COMPARISON OF STUDENT AND FACULTY VIEWS en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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