Anelli, Massimo; Shih, Kevin Y.; Williams, Kevin - 2017
Since the 1980s the United States has faced growing disinterest and high attrition from STEM majors. Over the same …-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points-equivalent to 3.7 native …