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Ashline, George – PRIMUS, 2017
We describe the context for and implementation of a departmental alumni network. More than a database compiling facts about graduates, this network provides students with information and inspiration. It also offers a wonderful opportunity to support lifelong learning through the development of collaborative relationships between alumni and faculty…
Descriptors: Alumni, Networks, Lifelong Learning, Cooperation
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Albrecht, W. David – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
LinkedIn is a social media application that every accounting and business student should join and use. LinkedIn is a database of 90,000,000 business professionals that enables each to connect and interact with their business associates. Five reasons are offered for why accounting students should join LinkedIn followed by 11 hints for use.
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Social Networks, Databases
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Tian, Lin; Guan, Yanjun; Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua; Levin, Nimrod; Cai, Zijun; Chen, Pei; Zhu, Chengfeng; Fu, Ruchunyi; Wang, Yang; Zhang, Shu – Journal of Career Development, 2014
Two studies were conducted to validate the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire, a multidimensional measure of the way individuals make career decisions. Results of Study 1 showed that after dropping 1 item from the original CDMP scale, the 11-factor structure was supported among Chinese college students (N =…
Descriptors: College Students, Predictive Validity, Career Development, Decision Making
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Lee, Pei Ling; Pang, Vincent – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between motivational factors in continuing education and academic achievement of adult learners. The study is conducted due to a lack of research pertaining to academic achievement among adult learners particularly in Malaysia. Methodology: A random sample of 150 part-time adult…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Motivation Techniques
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Bullock, Emily E.; Reardon, Robert C. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
The study used the Self-Directed Search (SDS) and the NEO-FFI to explore profile elevation, four secondary constructs, and the Big Five personality factors in a sample of college students in a career course. Regression model results showed that openness, conscientiousness, differentiation high-low, differentiation Iachan, and consistency accounted…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, College Students, Predictor Variables, Personality
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Harrison, C. Keith; Lawrence, Suzanne Malia – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004
The termination of a collegiate athletic career is inevitable for all student athletes. The purpose of this study was to explore student athletes' perceptions of the athletic career transition process. One-hundred-and-forty-three (n = 143) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II student athletes were administered the Life After…
Descriptors: Role Models, Career Development, Athletes, Gender Differences
Vansickle, Timothy R.; Conn, Steven R. – 1996
As part of an exploration of how best to use normal personality measures in career development and guidance, this study investigated the use of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire Fifth Edition (16PF Fifth Edition) assessment and its relationship to the widely used typology of J. L. Holland (1985) and the new Campbell Orientations (1992).…
Descriptors: Career Development, Classification, College Students, Employees