A number of colleges and universities are aggressively recruiting professionals from outside academe for various administrative roles. Many of these professionals come to campuses from substantial corporate careers, with excellent aptitude for the job at hand, and are generally wonderful additions to the staffs. The test often faced as managers is…

Employment opportunities for history majors are discussed. The author contends that historians have been brainwashed into believing that they are fit only to be college professors. However, the practice of history academic setting (public history) involves management of industrial corporations, formulation of public policy, and the preservation of…

Discusses career opportunities in the restaurant, service, and retail business for recent college graduates as alternate routes to career success. Often, negative public perceptions of these occupations create unnecessary obstacles to potentially satisfying and long-lasting career options. (JPS)

This dissemination package consists of a variety of advertising materials, forms, questionnaires, tests, and handouts developed as a part of the Transition into Electronics (TIE) Project. (The TIE Project was a project that developed, implemented, and evaluated a model designed to encourage persons to pursue education and training leading to…

Central issues in the preparation of students for health-related fields by liberal arts institutions include providing early orientation to health careers and effective counseling, the avoidance of "special" courses in basic sciences, identifying health careers reflecting the students' personality needs, and keeping abreast of emerging careers in…

Responses to a survey of university career center professionals (1,000 of 1,171) showed that orientation has shifted from placement to planning/networking; self-help/self-direction were emphasized; 91% are serving a broader clientele than students; career centers have multifaceted, complex missions that need to be understood by administrators; and…

This study skills curriculum is part of a "pipeline" program designed to recruit, matriculate, and graduate educationally disadvantaged students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS). It is an integral part of the Biomedical Careers Program (BCP) and the Science…

Counselor trainees completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory for stimulus occupations. Analyses indicated that males do not differ from females in degree of occupational stereotypes. Occupations differ in degree of stereotypes elicited. Males do not differ from females in direction of occupational stereotypes. Occupations differ in direction of…

Examined data from 96 college students and applicants who applied for career counseling. Found that the predictions of the hierarchical model for the structure of occupations regarding the relative proximity between occupational fields were more adequate than were those of the circular model. (NB)

Through Eckerd College's (Florida) Academy of Senior Professionals, community members with distinguished professional or civic careers are brought on campus to offer insights, present lectures, and provide career counseling to students. Members must meet stringent requirements and pay initiation and annual fees, in return for both satisfaction and…

Presents an edited transcript of a discussion with seven Simmons College faculty members about education for women and the role a women's college can play in a period of social change. Discussion topics include Simmons as a women's college, meaningful work, non-traditional careers, counseling responsibilities, and potential students. (CAM)

Interpreted scores from career development and role salience measures for 4 groups of underrepresented, at-risk college students (n=143). Four interpretations suggested some common and some distinctive interventions. Because recommendations obtained from the career measures coincided with recommended interventions for underrepresented, at-risk…

Students in two predominantly black colleges were surveyed as to their feelings about opportunities in the health professions and about barriers to entering these professions. The data indicate that the lack of academic preparation and career counseling are major reasons for the limited number of blacks in these fields. (LBH)

Examined the readiness of male intercollegiate varsity athletes (n=288) to make career-related decisions. Research questions compared students participating in revenue- and nonrevenue-producing sports as well as Caucasian and minority student athletes on eight dimensions of career maturity measured by the Career Development Inventory. Implications…

Batch-process, online career information, and online career guidance systems are computer-based career information systems that can provide current information on jobs, as well as match students with careers or educational courses. (KS)