An Empirical Investigation of Student Arrivals, Departures, and Persistence in Computing Majors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2016

Department

School of Business

Abstract

For the purpose of investigating recruitment and retention, the records of 1,504 computing students over eight years (2008 to 2015) were analyzed. Included in the results are the majors most commonly switched to and from when students enter or leave a computing major, the number of semesters before students change majors, and student academic performance when majors are changed. Of particular interest in the results is the interaction between Computer Science, Information Systems, and Information Technology, and the impact of curriculum changes on student loyalty to a major.

DOI

10.5555/2904298.2904313

First Page

77

Last Page

84

Volume

31

Issue

5

ISSN

19374771,19374763

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