Do Peers Affect Undergraduates’ Decisions to Switch Majors
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9735397 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Shi Pu (0000-0002-7647-0231, ETS Canada, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, autor de correspondencia), Yan Yu (0000-0003-4031-252X, University of California San Diego), Yu Yan (0009-0009-6373-2368, University of California, San Diego, CA), Liang Zhang (0000-0001-9041-1150, New York University, New York, NY) |
| Año | 2021 |
| Volumen | 50 |
| Número | 8 |
| Páginas | 516-526 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Editorial | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x211023514 |
| OpenAlex | W3044789860 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 36 |
In this study, dormitory room and social group assignment data from a college are used to investigate peer effects on college students’ decisions to switch majors. Results reveal strong evidence of such peer effects at both the room and the social group level. Most notably, at the room level, the dense concentration of same-major roommates deters students from switching majors; having one or two same-major roommates has no significant effect on major switching, indicating strong nonlinearity of peer effects at the room level. Such nonlinearity is not observed among social group members. Results also reveal evidence that students’ choices of new majors are affected by peers’ majors. Peers are more likely to choose the same destination majors than nonpeers. In choosing their new majors, students do not necessarily follow their peers indiscriminately. Their decisions seem to be influenced more by short-term academic requirements than by long-term job prospects. Finally, peer effects on major switching and major choices are stronger at the dormitory room level than at the social group level in most cases
Affect (linguistics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Peer effects · Peer group · Peer influence · Applied Psychology · Communication · Higher Education Research Studies · Innovations in Educational Methods · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
Peer Effects with Random Assignment
Pipelines and Pathways
Persistence of women and minorities in STEM field majors
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Peer Effects
Does peer ability affect student achievement?
Identification of peer effects through social networks
Post-Baccalaureate Wage Growth within Four Years of Graduation
When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?
Peer influences on college drinking
Ability sorting and the returns to college major
Does Your Cohort Matter? Measuring Peer Effects in College Achievement
A Practitioner’s Guide to Cluster-Robust Inference
Identification of Endogenous Social Effects
The STEM grading penalty
Peer Effects in Academic Outcomes
Does Cheaper Mean Better? The Impact of Using Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes
Estimating and Interpreting Peer and Role Model Effects from Randomly Assigned Social Groups at West Point
Place of Work and Place of Residence
Close friend and group influence on adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol use
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |