TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring Negative Career Thoughts Between STEM-Declared and STEM-Interested Students
AU - Prescod, Diandra J.
AU - Daire, Andrew P.
AU - Young, Cynthia
AU - Dagley, Melissa
AU - Georgiopoulos, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
Diandra J. Prescod, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Pennsylvania State University; Andrew P. Daire, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cynthia Young, Department of Math, and Melissa Dagley and Michael Georgiopoulos, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida. Cynthia Young is now at College of Science, Clemson University. The data collected for this article were supported by the National Science Foundation STEP I–COMPASS Grant 1161228 awarded to faculty at the University of Central Florida. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Diandra J. Prescod, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Pennsylvania State University, 301 Cedar Building, University Park, PA 16802 (email: [email protected]).
Funding Information:
The EXCEL program is a STEM-retention program first funded by the NSF and later sustained by the university. The program is not nationwide but is created as part of an NSF-funded grant for undergraduate students . EXCEL aims to increase student success in STEM disciplines in the first 2 years of college . The program recruits approximately 200 students each year and is designed to build strong math skills . EXCEL offers support and mentoring for all required courses common to engineering, science, and mathematics majors . Students receive free tutoring by graduate students and are assigned a mentor and EXCEL advisers . All students in the program enroll in EXCEL Seminar I and II, which are two courses (1 credit each) that expose students to STEM faculty and researchers .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - The shortage of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals in the United States leaves many available positions unfilled. Students beginning college with declared STEM majors often change majors in college, contributing to retention difficulties. Using the Career Thoughts Inventory (Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996a), the authors examined negative career thoughts between undergraduate STEM-declared students participating in a STEM retention project and STEM-interested students participating in a National Science Foundation–funded STEM recruitment and retention project. Results indicated significant differences between the 2 groups, with STEM-interested students reporting greater negative career thoughts.
AB - The shortage of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals in the United States leaves many available positions unfilled. Students beginning college with declared STEM majors often change majors in college, contributing to retention difficulties. Using the Career Thoughts Inventory (Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996a), the authors examined negative career thoughts between undergraduate STEM-declared students participating in a STEM retention project and STEM-interested students participating in a National Science Foundation–funded STEM recruitment and retention project. Results indicated significant differences between the 2 groups, with STEM-interested students reporting greater negative career thoughts.
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U2 - 10.1002/joec.12096
DO - 10.1002/joec.12096
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057862049
SN - 0022-0787
VL - 55
SP - 166
EP - 175
JO - Journal of Employment Counseling
JF - Journal of Employment Counseling
IS - 4
ER -