Open AccessComparing Career Awareness Opportunities Of Academically At-Risk And Non At-Risk Freshman Engineering Students
Author(s) -
Jeremy V. Ernst,
Bradley Bowen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2153-2516
pISSN - 2157-9644
DOI - 10.19030/ajee.v5i2.8954
Subject(s) - matriculation , psychology , medical education , continuation , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine , computer science , programming language
This study explored how freshman engineering students utilized career awareness developmental opportunities prior to entry into post-secondary academics. Specifically, the study delved into separations and distinctions among students at-risk of non-continuation due to matriculation concerns and students non at-risk. Founded on the amended arrangement of Nasta’s (2007) Career Exploration Survey-Revised instrument, singular factors were studied through hypotheses targeting career awareness behaviors among at-risk and non at-risk subgroups. The results show there are possible contradictions to commonly accepted beliefs about career awareness between at-risk and non at-risk students. Several deductions, considerations, and implications are highlighted based upon the findings of the study.