countless papers. A good place to start
is H. Marsh, M. Seaton, et al., “The Big-
Fish-Little-Pond-Effect Stands Up to
Critical Scrutiny: Implications for
Theory, Methodology, and Future
Research,” Educational Psychology
Review 20 (2008): 319–50.
For statistics on STEM programs, see
Rogers Elliott, A. Christopher Strenta, et
al., “The Role of Ethnicity in Choosing
and Leaving Science in Highly Selective
Institutions,” Research in Higher
Education 37, no. 6 (December 1996),
and Mitchell Chang, Oscar Cerna, et al.,
“The Contradictory Roles of Institutional
Status in Retaining Underrepresented
Minorities in Biomedical and
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