THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED EXPERIENCES, PERCEPTIONS, AND EXPECTATIONS OF SCIENTISTS WHO ABANDON SCIENCE CAREERS. A CARD SORT WAS GIVEN TO 45 COLLEGE SENIORS AND RECENT GRADUATES WHO HAD CHANGED THEIR FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION FROM ONE TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES TO THE HUMANITIES OR SOCIAL SCIENCES. THE SUBJECTS SORTED THE CARDS ACCORDING TO CONVENTIONAL…

THE SUBJECT OF CONSIDERATION WAS TO STUDY THE REASONS WHY YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSE THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN CONTRAST TO OTHER VOCATIONS INVOLVING COMPARABLE TRAINING. APPROXIMATELY 1,200 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR THIS PROJECT. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF--(1) WOMEN STUDENTS SELECTING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY…

The need for a "career consciousness throughout the educational system" was defined as necessary if comprehensive programs, early childhood through adulthood, were to evolve within educational institutions in New York State. This report summarizes the activities undertaken by the Cornell Institute for Research and Development in…

This guide, developed by the State Project to Implement Career Education (SPICE) in New York, is intended to serve as a model to assist teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and project staff in using business and community resources in career education programs. The first section of the guide contains information on ways of updating and…

We present a review of an after-school program that has been running at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York for the past 5 years. The program is unique among after-school activities for high school students in several ways. First, it deliberately focuses on students who do not excel in science and math courses and…