In recent years there has been an international backlash against the status of girls as learners, with many people asserting that boys are suffering from new forms of educational disadvantage as girls achieve academically. This paper develops the notion of the space-between, a heuristic device to analyze and explain girls' experiences of…

This study examined the effect that faculty-student interaction had on the degree aspirations of students, focusing on specific types of interactions that were important in predicting higher degree aspirations. It is based on a subset of student and faculty data from the 1985 freshman survey and 1989 follow-up survey, 1989 faculty survey collected…

A study examined whether women who teach public relations are satisfied in their teaching careers. Subjects, 113 women faculty teaching public relations, responded to a survey on satisfaction and morale, as well as to questions about the respondents' plans for the future. Results indicated that women who are currently teaching public relations in…

Although the behavioral element of the Type A pattern has been identified, the cognitive component of the complex is less well understood. To examine the relationships of self-focused attention, standards for performance, and performance evaluation to Type A behavior, 72 undergraduates were studied. Subjects were classified as Type A (N=36) or…

Two concerns in education are student lack of motivation for achieving subject-matter knowledge and skills, and a high incidence of both disruptive and withdrawal behavior. The state of the art with respect to the motivational procedures teachers employ with students is in question. This paper attempts to answer by dealing with these related…

Shifts in the number of women in the workplace and a greater diversity and prestige level in their work may have an impact on the educational and occupational level to which students aspire. To examine the consequences of this shift, a comparison of the educational and occupational aspirations of high school students with the educational and…

A study of the relationship between student perceptions and learning behaviors attempted to answer the questions: (1) What are the perceptions of academic responsibility of the students? (2) How different are their perceptions when school, class, level of performance, and gender are different? and (3) To what extent is their perception of…

In the spring of 1972, over 6500 black and white, male and female high school students in 23 northern Mississippi schools responded to questionnaires concerning their educational plans, when (early or late) they consider the best time to marry, whether they were sure they wanted to marry, and whether they were sure they actually would marry.…

Information of personal preferences is needed to tailor existing postsecondary programs to the needs of older learners. A personal preference survey was conducted to explore adult preferences for postsecondary learning, factors which facilitate or impede enrollment, and the use of local educational opportunities. Subjects (N=254) were 25 years of…

This paper offers guidelines and recommendations for students applying to graduate school. It discusses motivations for attending graduate school, as well as the process of selecting and applying to specific universities. The paper recommends talking to faculty and graduate students, writing to professional associations, and attending professional…

This study examined how a group of 20 Chicana high school seniors made decisions about college. The majority of Chicanas in this study noted that they are not able to rely on their parents as information sources given their parents' lack of familiarity with the college choice process. As a result, these students were not able to receive…

This study compared the areas of talent and career aspirations of boys and girls in Year 7 (n=398) and Year 11 (n=240) samples in a middle class metropolitan area in Australia. Students nominated the high school subject in which they saw themselves as being most talented, and current perceptions of talent in relation to each of their high school…

Three broad topics are considered including the changing demographics of education and the accompanying interest in lifelong learning, motivations that lead adults to seek out education, and the relevance of the liberal arts to the mature student in the midst of that changing demography and pluralism of motivations. (MLW)

The author describes the difficulties of achieving his life-long dream of going to an Ivy League college, and how his Shawnee grandfather advised him to acquire the white man's skills and bring them back to his people. He advises young Native Americans to choose the more difficult, yet honorable path of serving their own people. (TD)

A survey examined educational aspirations and perceptions of school climate among gifted students at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, a state-funded rural magnet school serving grades 11 and 12. Students at the magnet school completed the 84-item Grades 6-12 Aspirations Survey, returning 97 usable forms. The instrument has 12 scales: 2…