This formal report from the Committee on Careers in Physiology of the American Physiological Society summarizes important aspects related to predoctoral and postdoctoral training programs and career opportunities in physiology. (CS)

The purpose of this study was to investigate various demographic and attitudinal factors influencing occupational choice among black college freshmen attending Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana. The goal was to determine if differences in background or attitudes existed which might have predisposed certain blacks to choose technically…

This study describes a sample of college students who participated as New Student Week Leaders (NSWL). Vocational interests, as measured by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men (SVIB-M), academic pursuits, campus involvement, and other factors were considered in an attempt to define a NSWL. Eighty-six items were chosen from the SVIB-M to…

This document reviews the research on the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), with medical students and physicians. The MBTI is a paper-and-pencil instrument based on C. G. Jung's theory of personality typology. The introductory section of the review describes the MBTI and explains its dimensions (extroverted versus introverted, sensing…

This study explores the possibility of the existence of female sex stereotypes in the common career fiction available in junior high school libraries in New Jersey. The process of determining the existence of a stereotype in the characterization of employed people in these books involved two steps. A method was developed for analyzing the speech…

The changing profile of students enrolled in the school of agriculture at Auburn University raised several questions concerning the critical social factors and background characteristics associated with a student's decision to major in agriculture and the relation of this educational choice to eventual career goals. After classifying agriculture…

Two studies were conducted in which low achieving high school students were given motivational workshops in order to help them improve their career maturity and to understand the processes involved in making wise career choices for themselves. It was hypothesized that in the experimental groups which received career counseling the student's career…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether widely used eighth-grade literature anthologies contained sufficient selections of appropriate content to facilitate the integration of career education and literature study in the eighth-grade English program. Three aspects of the anthologized selections were analyzed: manifest work content,…

The effect on college graduation of selecting a college major before college admission was investigated, the hypothesis being that students who enter college undecided about their major study field are as likely to graduate as those who have already decided upon their major. It was assumed there would be no significant difference in the frequency…

A photographic projective occupational survey was employed as an occupational interest and career related data-gathering device. The major assumption underlying the development of the new instrument is that, when asked to respond to a visual stimulus, usually in the form of a design, drawing, or pictorial representation, the subject will respond…

This study sought to identify factors that motivated students at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Cyprus to major in elementary education and to compare the high school scholastic ability of these two groups of students. Questionnaires were completed by 157 randomly selected male and female Pennsylvania State University and 176…

Personal, educational and professional data were collected and analyzed about 27 women administrators in top-level administrative positions. A semistructured personal interview was conducted with 20 of the 27 who were in positions that fall within the first three highest-ranking administrative positions in the nine institutions of higher education…

The study involving six Philadelphia schools was designed to validate the Circle Test of Honesty as a prescreening technique for identifying candidates for placement in emotionally disturbed (ED) classes. A search of the literature revealed a lack of research correlating moral judgment with identification of disturbed children or with rate of…

This study examined the effects of a career project on the level of occupational aspirations of bilingual/bicultural Puerto Rican adolescents. The experimental treatment utilized role modeling techniques, field trips and group discussions. The career guidance project consisted of six lessons and involved career role models and counselors who were…

The study examines military manpower procurement for peacetime. It considers the broad alternative systems of conscription and voluntarism and develops models of demand and supply for military labor to show how these are affected by the choice of procurement system. Empirical applications are made using evidence from Australia, Canada, Great…