Factors Influencing Students' Decisions to Major In A Computer-Related Discipline
Terri L. Lenox, Gayle Jesse, Charles R. Woratschek · 2012
Too few students are entering the workforce with the technological skills required due to several factors, including under-enrollment in the computer-related disciplines by college students. Enrollment in these disciplines has made some progress since the precipitous decline of 2000 – 2007 and steps have been taken to attract more majors. However, we still do not fully understand the factors that influence students to choose to major in the computer-related disciplines. The purpose of the research described here was to: 1) explore, in-depth, specific factors that might influence a student’s decision to major in a computer-related discipline and 2) determine if there were commonalities amongst these factors across the subject population.