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Smith, Timothy H.; McGroarty, Daniel – 1987
A study compared the attitudes toward change held by students preparing for careers as teachers, nurses, medical doctors, and lawyers. It was hypothesized that: (1) education majors are less likely to be open to change than other students; (2) education and nursing ("semi-professions") majors are less likely to be open to change than other…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Students, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors
Forsyth, Patrick B.; Danisiewicz, Thomas J. – 1982
The extent to which value orientations of professional students differ by occupational groups and by the socializing effects of professional schools on students was assessed. Approximately 1,150 students in nine major doctoral-granting universities participated. Based on work by Bengtson (1975), a humanism/materialism score was constructed for…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Education Majors, Engineering Education, Higher Education