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Whitmarsh, Lona; Wentworth, Diane Keyser – Career Development Quarterly, 2012
Career development research has often explored gender differences in and development of career patterns (Gottfredson, 2006). Hyde's (2005) meta-analysis indicated that men and women shared more similarities than differences. Applying Hyde's gender similarities hypothesis to careers, the authors conducted a 2-stage study. Stage 1 was an analysis of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Research, Gender Differences, Pattern Recognition
Edwards, Mary Ann – 1976
The population studied is the group of 2,329 students who entered SUNY/Buffalo as full-time freshmen in the fall of 1974; 89 percent are represented in the study. Data are reported on: major distribution, by both sex and total numbers; certainty of major choice; factors influencing choice of major; academic degree expectations, by program (equal…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Freshmen, Degrees (Academic), Equal Education
Moore, Kathryn M.; Veres, Helen C. – 1975
A total of 1,341 male and female students enrolled at a private women's college, a moderately-sized comprehensive college, an agricultural-technical college, and a small comprehensive college were surveyed to determine demographic and descriptive data, career choices, plans for labor force participation, and perceptions of counseling services.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Counseling Services, Educational Objectives
Veres, Helen C.; Moore, Kathryn M. – 1975
A total of 1,341 male and female students enrolled at a private women's college, a two-year comprehensive college of moderate size, an agricultural-technical college, and a small two-year comprehensive college were surveyed in Spring 1974 to determine demographic and descriptive data, career choices, plans for labor force participation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Choice, Counseling Services
Veres, Helen C.; Carmichael, Mary Margaret – 1981
A project developed and tested methods to reduce sex-role stereotyping in occupational education programs. A total of 460 students completed two surveys that obtained information on background, education and career plans, influences on choice of occupation, perceptions of support for nontraditional career choice, and perceptions of occupational…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Education, Decision Making
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Bieber, Amy E.; Marchese, Paul; Engelberg, Don – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
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…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Interests, Career Development, High School Students
Robinson, Mabel Louise – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
The modern college for women, evolving by rapid growth from recent simple beginnings to its present highly complex state, is unquestionably still in the process of development. A glance over the changes already accomplished brings conviction that the present situation is but a stage in the life history of a virile institution. That present…
Descriptors: Females, Educational History, Womens Education, College Curriculum