Are Students More T-Shaped?
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Are Students More T-Shaped?Julia Duros
Senior Project, 2013Computer Science and Economics
Advisors: Chris Fernandes, Tomas Dvorak
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T vs. I-Shaped Individuals
Depth
Depth
Breadth
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Question
Have students taken a broader range of courses now than in the past?
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Course Pages
Course Schedules Page (public)
Course Roster Page (private)
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Steps to Gather Data
Union College course roster data scraped• Wrote Python script:
1. Saved all pages as HTML2. Put each page’s data into CSV file
Course roster Program Data file
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Manipulating the Data
Import to StataOrganize, manipulate, and analyze data
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Description of Data
For each student:• Identifier• Major• Enrollment information
Department Term and Year
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Size of Data
28,194 course roster pages
4,113 students168,370 course enrollments
Courses 2001-2012• Students in Class Years 2004-2012
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Breadth
Breadth of education is one dimension of interdisciplinarity
Measured by number of unique departments represented on transcript
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Results
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
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Average Number of Unique Departments Taken by Students
Class Year
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Why the increase?
Possible factors: Number of departments/programs Major requirements Total courses taken
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Results
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 20120
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Departments/Programs
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Results
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
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Average Number of Unique Departments Taken by Students
All de-partments
Departments in Existence 2001-2012
Class Year
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Results
Biology Computer Science
English Political Science
All Majors0
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Average Number of Unique Departments Taken by Students, 2004-2012
Major
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Results
Academic Year Biology Comp. Sci. English Poli. Sci.
Average for all majors
2003-2004 4 3 1 1 2.9
2004-2005 4 3 1 1 3.0
2005-2006 5 3 1 1 3.0
2006-2007 5 3 1 1 3.0
2007-2008 5 3 1 1 3.0
2008-2009 5 3 1 1 3.0
2009-2010 5 3 1 1 3.1
2010-2011 6 3 1 1 3.1
2011-2012 6 3 1 1 3.1
Number of Required Departments for Specified Major
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Results
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201220%
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Average Ratio of Number of Unique Departments to Total Number of Courses Taken
Class Year
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Note: only using departments in existence 2001-2012
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Conclusion
Students have taken broader range of courses more T-shaped◦More departments to choose from◦More courses in total
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Future Work
Why the increase in number of total courses?
Courses taken for GenEdGrades
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Questions?