Advance to Graduate Education: The Effect of College Quality and Undergraduate Majors

By Liang Zhang. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education

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Citations in the corpus

• Career Outcomes of STEM and Non-STEM College Graduates: Persistence in Majored-Field and Influential Factors in Career Choices (2013, background): “For instance, financial factors, family background, and social and academic integration at the undergraduate institutions are found to have direct and/or indirect influence on graduate school enrollment (Ethington and Smart 1986; Perna 2004; Zhang 2005).”
• Unraveling the myth of meritocracy within the context of US higher education (2011, background): “Studies show that college quality and college major can impact the level of earnings as well as the pursuit of graduate education (Eide et al. 1998; Monks 2000; Thomas and Zhang 2005; Wolniak et al. 2008; Zhang 2005a, b).”
• Pipelines and Pathways: Women of Color in Undergraduate STEM Majors and the College Experiences That Contribute to Persistence (2011, background): “…2000; Ethington & Wolfle, 1988), recent studies have revealed the effect of the college environment as particularly meaningful to educational trajectories in STEM (Carlone & Johnson, 2007; Eagan, Garcia, Herrera, Garibay, Hurtado, & Chang, 2010; Eagan & New-man, 2010; Zhang, 2005).”
• The Contradictory Roles of Institutional Status in Retaining Underrepresented Minorities in Biomedical and Behavioral Science Majors (2008, unknown): “…quality” colleges, usually measured by the level of competitiveness for admissions, increases the probability of attending graduate school (Ethington & Smart, 1986; Smart 1986), particularly in doctoral programs and research universities (Eide, Brewer, & Ehrenberg, 1998; Lang, 1987; Zhang, 2005).”
• Social Stratification in Higher Education (2009, background): “Majors also vary in their association with the likelihood of attending graduate school, an important option value that tilts toward liberal arts majors (Goyette & Mullen, 2006; Zhang, 2005).”