| Despite the need for individuals to pursue advanced degrees in science and engineering (S&E), and despite the increased need for individuals to enter the S&E workforce, the student college choice discussion does not often consider students' post-baccalaureate choices. This dissertation addresses two post-baccalaureate options---graduate education and full-time employment---with a specific focus on the post-baccalaureate choices of racial and ethnic (REM) students with S&E majors. The dissertation is composed of three studies. The first study focuses on the "graduate education choice" of REM students, the second addresses the "full-time employment choice" of REM students, and the third focuses on the "graduate education choice" and the "full-time employment choice" of REM women. Moreover, because the focus of this dissertation is the post-baccalaureate choices of REM students with S&E majors, its investigation is guided by Laura Perna's conceptual model of student college choice.;Keywords: science and engineering, racial and ethnic minority, post-baccalaureate choice. |
