"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in the OECD's 34 member countries, as well as a number of non-member G20 nations. Featuring more than 140…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by 823 out of 1,518 College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. The results revealed that 87% of the responding offices were centralized. The 1991 survey results showed a continuation of the decline in the use of "placement"…

This report contains 23 tables reporting the differences between men and women in lifetime labor force attachment, occupation, and earnings. The information was collected from a sample of approximately 20,000 households in May, June, July, and August 1984, as part of the Survey of Income Program Participation. The first part of this report…

A thorough profile of Greenwich High School's l980 graduating class is depicted through a list of sixteen summary statements. These are then expanded into graphs showing individual breakdown of such things as the number of students attending four-year colleges and universities on a full-time basis, and the geographic distribution of colleges…

The improved job market for college graduates over the 1984-1995 period will result from a narrowing of the gap between the number of job openings and the number of graduates entering the job market. This article discusses sources of job openings and sources of college graduates. (CT)

This study examined the occupational stability of bachelor's degree recipients during the first 4 years after receiving the degree, analyzing whether those who were teaching in 1994 were more or less likely than those in other occupations to leave the work force for work in different occupations in 1997. Data came from the Baccalaureate and Beyond…

The BC College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey Project (CISO) collects and disseminates information about former students' post-secondary experiences and their subsequent labour market and further education experiences. The survey is administered annually to a number of former students of public colleges, university colleges, and institutes…

This paper examines role conflict and role overload of physicians. A comparison of women physicians, women neighbor controls, and men physicians is made in an attempt to prove that role conflict and overload are distinct problems of the women physicians. A 207-item questionnaire concerned with demography, education, work patterns, household…

This publication is designed to help admissions committees, other medical school officials, and health professional advisors interpret student Medical College Admission (MCAT) performance. Data presented in this publication may be useful for those providing career counseling or designing programs to attract students to the practice of medicine.…

The objective of this research was to investigate adolescent gender and age differences in perceptions of academic achievement, interests, values and future life role choices. A survey based on the Eccles Model of Achievement Related Choices was administered to 1419 students. Results indicated that younger students were generally more positive…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. This document contains tables and open-ended responses to selected questions given by a representative sample of liberal arts schools (N=94). Seventeen data tables provide…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. This document contains tables and open-ended responses to selected questions given by a representative sample of schools of engineering or schools with primarily technical curricula…

This study was undertaken because of a sharp dip in the increase rate in post-secondary enrollments in Manitoba for Fall, 1970. Research was carried out to examine the process by which Manitoba's twelfth grade students make decisions concerning post-secondary enrollment. The research provides information on students' career plans, post-secondary…

Research into the area of assessment of post-secondary demand by Manitoba high school students began in 1971, when a sudden drop in the increase rate of post-secondary enrollment was observed. This report is one of a series that has been published based on the high school demand studies. Earlier reports were largely statistical in nature, and…

Until 1970, the ability of the educational system to prepare students for jobs was so widely accepted that support for education was based largely on manpower needs. To the general public, more schooling meant better jobs. During the 1970's, students, faculty, placement officers, and educational policy makers have questioned the usefulness of…