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Peer reviewedChetkovich, Carol – Public Administration Review, 2003
Public policy students were surveyed four times from 1998- 2000 (n=126, 104, 95, 92). Results reveal that many begin with uncertain goals and ambivalence about public sector work. Interest declined and the curriculum did little to promote the public sector. Many anticipated fluid careers and chose positions that offer growth more commonly…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Public Administration Education, Public Policy
Card, David E., Ed.; Blank, Rebecca M., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 13 papers on labor market and welfare reform, with special emphasis on the demand for low-wage workers, wages and job characteristics in the less skilled labor market, public politics to increase employment and earnings of less skilled workers, and the impact of welfare reform. The following papers are included: "The Labor…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Day Care, Economic Climate
