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Ordidge, Irene – Education + Training, 1997
In the United Kingdom, only 22% of all information technology (IT) workers and only 4% of all IT managers are women. Initiatives to attract females to IT careers include exposure to computer-based activities at an early age through the National Curriculum. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Change Strategies, Employment Patterns, Females
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Fairweather, Malcolm – College Student Journal, 1981
Assessed the spatial dimension of college enrollment and develops a model explaining the distributional patterns. The potential model uses migration theory and statistical techniques and has accurately predicted student enrollment patterns in the United States and Great Britain. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1992
This paper presents a study designed to determine the reason first and post-first year students (N=61) chose to leave Chicago Urban University (CUU) prior to graduation. Data were sought from a random sample of 100 students via either a mailed or a telephone survey, with a 61% response rate. The 54-question interview/survey instrument examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes