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Download full textMoore, Kathryn M.; Veres, Helen C. – 1979
The characteristics and objectives of women college students are examined as they relate to career choice and development. Data were obtained from students at four two-year colleges in New York City. Career innovators comprised one-fifth of the women in the sample, and aspired to a wide range of occupations in managerial and professional fields.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Counselor Role, Females
Peer reviewedVeres, Helen C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1982
Information was collected from high school students and their parents, teachers, and counselors to examine factors influential in students' career and program decisions. Students were selected from general curriculum and vocational tracks, the latter including construction and maintenance trades, drafting, electronics, and cosmetology. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Females, High Schools, Males
Veres, Helen C.; Moore, Kathryn M. – 1975
A total of 1,341 male and female students enrolled at a private women's college, a two-year comprehensive college of moderate size, an agricultural-technical college, and a small two-year comprehensive college were surveyed in Spring 1974 to determine demographic and descriptive data, career choices, plans for labor force participation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Choice, Counseling Services
Veres, Helen C.; Carmichael, Mary Margaret – 1981
A project developed and tested methods to reduce sex-role stereotyping in occupational education programs. A total of 460 students completed two surveys that obtained information on background, education and career plans, influences on choice of occupation, perceptions of support for nontraditional career choice, and perceptions of occupational…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Education, Decision Making
Veres, Helen C.; Carmichael, Mary Margaret – 1982
An intervention project was conducted to determine if affirmative action strategies had an effect on promoting nontraditional program and course selection among 460 eighth and tenth grade students from urban, suburban, and rural communities in New York. The groups, about half male and half female, were divided into a control group and an…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Change Strategies
Veres, Helen C.; And Others – 1981
A study involving thirty-four schools in New York State examined the influence of parents, peers, and school personnel on students' attitude toward selecting and enrolling in particular occupational education programs. Information was collected from a sampling of tenth grade general curriculum students, eleventh and twelfth grade occupational…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, High School Students
