The Role of Advanced High School Coursework in Increasing STEM Career Interest

Several avenues are open to students who wish to study advanced science or mathematics in high school, which include Advanced Placement courses and teacher-designed courses unaffiliated with organized programs. We employ a retrospective cohort study of 4,691 na-tionally representative college students at 34 randomly selected, colleges and universities to examine the relationship between taking advanced high school courses and students' interest...