Students who entered CSU without declaring a major were retained at slightly lower rates than students who entered with a declared major¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The main significant retention difference by declared major was for undeclared students, who were retained at slightly lower rates across both cohorts. → Bracco 2021

Evidence¶

Bracco 2021¶

Bracco, K. R., Barrat, V. X., Skjoldhorne, S., & Finkelstein, N. (2021). Student Progress Before and After California State University's Executive Order 1110. WestEd. http://csustudentsuccess.org/multiple-measures

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Retention analysis by declared major for the 2017 and 2018 cohorts (Figure 10, appendix Tables 31–36) using Least Squares Means with Bonferroni-adjusted comparisons. The report describes retention patterns as very similar across most declared majors in both cohorts.

"The main significant difference in retention is for students who did not declare a major upon entry; these students were retained at slightly lower rates than were students who entered with a declared major."

Discussion¶

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