Ntafos, S. (2020, June), Change of Major Policy and Its Effects  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34270

\bibitem{asee_peer_34270}
  Ntafos, S. (2020, June), \emph{Change of Major Policy and Its Effects}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--34270

Simeon Ntafos.  "Change of Major Policy and Its Effects".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/34270 Internet.  29 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_34270}
  Simeon Ntafos.
  "Change of Major Policy and Its Effects".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/34270 Internet.  29 Jun, 2024

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title = "Change of Major Policy and Its Effects"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Considerable attention has been paid to factors affecting student's selection of Engineering and related majors [1, 3, 5] and issues affecting retention and graduation in these majors [4, 6].   Lesser attention has been paid to change of major policies and their effects [2]. 

We study the effect of "change of major" policies on two degree programs (Computer Science and Computer Engineering) at a large Engineering School.    The two programs are delivered by different Departments within the same School of Engineering and Computer Science.      A university-wide policy that just required "good standing" to change major up to four years ago has evolved into separate policies for multiple Schools that have become more restrictive over the years and especially so in the School of Engineering and Computer Science.   In the School of Engineering and Computer Science, motivations for the policy and the updates to it included managing growth and maintaining, improving quality.

We look at a number of issues arising from the policies and the interplay between the School's change of major policy and policies at the University level.   We study movement of students in and out of the School and each Department and the effects on GPA and progress towards graduation.    We discuss issues with maintaining a common School-wide policy on change of major and the effects on the Departments.   
AU  - Simeon Ntafos
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DA  - 2020/06/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Change of Major Policy and Its Effects
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--34270
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