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Peer reviewedMorse, Edwin B., Jr. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1978
A study of work values of mid-life students (ages 35-55) at a Virginia community college found that a work role allowing for achievement, creativity, and intellectual stimulation was of greater value to White mid-life groups than extrinsic values emphasizing economic returns, security, and work associates. Discusses implications for counseling.
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adults, Community Colleges, Counseling
Abeles, Ronald P.; Steel, Lauri – 1979
Longitudinal data from Project TALENT are used to study how people's adult lives are patterned and how these patterns are related to their occupational achievement and perceived quality of life. Career is defined as a sequence of roles and associated activities that a person enacts within a particular life domain. The pattern of a person's life…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Aspiration, Career Development
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1975
This packet of materials provides a copy of the Career and Occupational Development exercises and complete documentation about administration and scoring procedures as released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP, an information-gathering project, used these exercises to survey the educational attainments of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Development
