Among biomedical leavers, 62.5% described leaving only in terms of disenchantment while 25.2% described only attraction and 12.2% both equally¶

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q3 i? Most students who left biomedical fields explained their departure only in terms of disenchantment, with a substantial minority citing attraction to other fields. → Rosenzweig 2021

Evidence¶

Rosenzweig 2021¶

Rosenzweig, E. Q., Harackiewicz, J. M., Hecht, C. A., Priniski, S. J., Canning, E. A., Tibbetts, Y., Asher, M. W., & Hyde, J. S. (2021). College Students’ Reasons for Leaving Biomedical Fields: Disenchantment with Biomedicine or Attraction to Other Fields? Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000456

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Descriptive coding of interview responses from 192 students who left biomedical fields, classified by two trained coding teams into disenchantment, attraction, or both. The study reports "thirty-seven students (25.2%) described only “attraction” factors" and 92 described only disenchantment.

"Ninety-two students (62.5%) described only “disenchantment” factors in their explanations of why their plans changed, thirty-seven students (25.2%) described only “attraction” factors, and 18 students (12.2%) described both types of factors with equal weight."

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Related Claims¶

• URM students were more likely than non-URM leavers to report leaving due to disenchantment rather than attraction — related
• Interest and value were the dominant topics in leavers' explanations, especially among students leaving due to attraction — related
• URM students left biomedical fields at higher rates than majority students, an effect explained in part by their lower biology course grades — related