Student Loans, Debt Burdens, and Choice of Major.
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| Title: | Student Loans, Debt Burdens, and Choice of Major. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Topper, Michael D. |
| Source: | New Directions for Higher Education. Spr 1994 (85):115-124. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 1994 |
| Document Type: | Opinion Papers Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | College Students, Course Selection (Students), Debt (Financial), Educational Trends, General Education, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Majors (Students), Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Student Costs, Trend Analysis |
| DOI: | 10.1002/he.36919948516 |
| ISSN: | 0271-0560 |
| Abstract: | This article suggests that the decline in share of college students majoring in the liberal arts and sciences is less due to increasing levels of student debt than to the rise in numbers of older, part-time, and financially independent students. (DB) |
| Notes: | Theme issue: "America's Investment in Liberal Education." |
| Journal Code: | CIJOCT1995 |
| Entry Date: | 1995 |
| Accession Number: | EJ505336 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article suggests that the decline in share of college students majoring in the liberal arts and sciences is less due to increasing levels of student debt than to the rise in numbers of older, part-time, and financially independent students. (DB) |
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| ISSN: | 0271-0560 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/he.36919948516 |
