The shortage of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals in the United States leaves many available positions unfilled. Students beginning college with declared STEM majors often change majors in college, contributing to retention difficulties. Using the Career Thoughts Inventory (Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996a), the authors examined negative career thoughts between undergraduate STEM‐declared students participating in a STEM retention project and STEM‐interested students participating in a National Science Foundation–funded STEM recruitment and retention project. Results indicated significant differences between the 2 groups, with STEM‐interested students reporting greater negative career thoughts.

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探索STEM声明的学生和STEM感兴趣的学生之间的否定职业思想

在美国，科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业人才的短缺使许多可用职位空缺。拥有已宣布STEM专业的学生开始上大学的学生通常会更改大学的专业，从而造成留学困难。利用职业思想调查表（Sampson，Peterson，Lenz，Reardon和Saunders，1996a），作者检查了参加STEM保留项目的大学生STEM申报学生和参加了国家科学基金会的STEM感兴趣的学生之间的负面职业想法。资助了STEM招聘和保留项目。结果表明两组之间存在显着差异，对STEM感兴趣的学生报告了更大的负面职业思想。