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Danziger, Nira; Eden, Yoram – Career Development International, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether gendered differences in occupational aspirations still appear when considering students with similar abilities who study competitively in the same achievement-oriented educational setting. Design/methodology/approach: The hypotheses stipulated an interaction between gender and year of study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Occupational Aspiration, Competition
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American Journal of Distance Education, 2007
This article presents an interview with Dr. James Johnson Duderstadt, founder of the Millennium Project, the president emeritus and university professor of science and engineering at the University of Michigan. In this interview, Duderstadt talks about how he became an educator and how he decided to specialize in technology and distance education.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computer Literacy, Personal Narratives, Interviews
Emeagwali, N. Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2007
A 2005 MetLife Foundation/Civic Ventures New Face of Work Survey found that many baby boomers are eager to make career changes that can launch a new chapter in their working lives while they make social contribution. The survey found that 50 percent of Americans age 50 to 70 want jobs that contribute to the greater good. It found that more than 53…
Descriptors: Career Change, Retirement, Community Colleges, Baby Boomers
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Everton, Tim; Turner, Penny; Hargreaves, Linda; Pell, Tony – Research Papers in Education, 2007
Concerns about the recruitment and retention of teachers have prompted recent studies into the status of teaching in several different countries. This paper analyses the findings of a survey designed to investigate public perceptions of the teaching profession in the UK. It was undertaken as part of a broader DfES-funded longitudinal project that…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Recruitment, Public Opinion, Foreign Countries
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Rottinghaus, Patrick J.; Coon, Kristin L.; Gaffey, Abigail R.; Zytowski, Donald G. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
This study reports a 30-year follow-up of 107 former high school juniors and seniors from a rural Midwestern community who completed the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS) in 1975 and 2005. Absolute, intra-individual, and test-retest stability of interests, and predictive validity of occupations were examined. Results showed minor absolute…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Career Development, Career Counseling, Predictive Validity
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Maree, Kobus; Ebersöhn, Liesel; Liesel, Maisha – South African Journal of Education, 2006
The purpose of this article was to investigate the extent to which a postmodern, narrative approach to career counselling can be utilized to address complexities in career counselling settings characterized by diversity. We also contemplated whether the inclusion of multiple approaches towards the data collection for assisting clients in career…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Postmodernism, Narration, Data Collection
Balcazar, Fabricio E.; Ostrander, R. Noam; Garate, Teresa – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
This brief describes the Choices in Transition program for low-income ethnic minority youth with disabilities in Chicago. The program's goal is to support participants in the process of transition in order to improve educational and vocational success and to increase self-determination. Recommendations for improving the transition outcomes of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Career Guidance, Career Development, Transitional Programs
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Taub, Deborah J.; McEwen, Marylu K. – Journal of College Student Development, 2006
The purpose of this study was to consider factors that graduate students in master's degree programs in student affairs identify as influential to their decisions to enter the student affairs profession. A total of 300 master's students from 24 randomly selected graduate programs participated in the study. Relatively few differences were found…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Career Choice, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
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Arnold, John; Loan-Clarke, John; Coombs, Crispin; Wilkinson, Adrian; Park, Jennifer; Preston, Diane – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
We tested the capacity of an extended version of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to account for intentions to work for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) as a nurse, physiotherapist or radiographer amongst three groups: professionally unqualified (N=507), in professional training (N=244), and professionally qualified (N=227). We found…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Intention, Health Services, Behavior Theories
Mooney, Carol; Haltinner, Urs; Stanislawski, Debbie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
Marketing and business education faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout) recently conducted a longitudinal study, spanning the entire 35 years of the program's existence, describing and analyzing its graduates' career paths. Data was collected through a questionnaire that utilized a combination of Likert-type responses, open-ended…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Graduates, Career Choice, Outcomes of Education
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Rehfuss, Mark C.; Borges, Nicole J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The construct of "other-directed versus self-directed career choice" has existed for quite some time. The current focus of vocational psychologists and counselors has made them question the relevance of this construct for contemporary American society. Many counselors today challenge the assumption that a career choice based on others'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Measures (Individuals), Medical Students
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Reese, Robert J.; Miller, C. Dewayne – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
The effects of a career development course on career decision-making self-efficacy were investigated. The course was primarily designed to help undecided students with career decision making. A pretest-posttest nonequivalent group design compared students who completed the course (n = 30) with a quasi-control group of students who were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Planning, Career Development, Career Choice
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Gainor, Kathy A. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
In this article, the ways in which self-efficacy has influenced career assessment and practice during the past 25 years are explored. Focus is on research describing or evaluating specific theory-based interventions or programs with particular attention to experimental, quasi-experimental, and program evaluations studies published in refereed…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Planning, Career Choice, Career Development
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Hurt, Robert L.; Barro, Frank – NACADA Journal, 2006
The accounting profession is in a state of flux--some might even say crisis. Recent ethical lapses, such as the Enron debacle, have called into question the professionalism of a few, tainting the reputation of many accountants. In this study, we examined the attitudes of accounting students at a comprehensive public university at the beginning and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Academic Advising, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Duesing, Brett – Tech Directions, 2006
Some students show a lot of artistic talent. Astounding sketches of a Mini Cooper done with a pen in an English-composition spiral-bound notebook scream talent and success. But teachers, parents and guidance counselors want to help artistically talented kids avoid the macaroni-and-cheese existence common to aspiring artists--working just to make…
Descriptors: Motor Vehicles, Design, Computer Software, Talent
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