You should be required to stay in the field of study that got you admitted in the first place. You should have to reapply if you want to change to a different college of study (Engineering to Business) AND any scholarship money forfeited.
“You should be required to stay in the field of study that got you admitted in the first place. You should have to reapply if you want to change to a different college of study (Engineering to Business) AND any scholarship money forfeited.”
I know from experience that many of the programs such as bio-medical engineering are so rigorous that students who fail in them and transfer to other majors are superstars in their new major.
Bingo! This is the “uncomfortable” premise of the research proffered.
I’m pretty sure you still have to request to change majors.
Also - just fyi - the people in the “more difficult” majors are usually higher performing than the regular majors.
They do things like - take classes in the weaker majors - so they don’t have to study for the class, to leave time for their regular classes.
But - for Duke and Black kids - they would never let them go. They would hold into them as long as they could - they need the numbers. Just like in industry.
What is really happening - is there just aren’t enough qty of smart black kids to meet the demands of AA and equality numbers. So - Duke takes - say - 170 Black kids. 85 are as smart as average Duke. 85 are “diversity” plenty smart, just not at the level of he first 85.
This second 85 - would be fine at UNC, or NC State, or etc. But now they are at Duke - getting high pressure tested.
It actually hurts blacks - because the same kid would do fine at NC State, be a great engineer or Chemist, etc. But - because he is put in a slot too hard for him - feels out of place, and a failure.
This is repeated every day at every school in the country. It is very damaging.