Optometry is only provided at tertiary level in two institutions in Ghana, with an average of 50 students graduating each year for a population of approximately 24.6 million. No information on the demography of optometry students and factors that influence their choice of optometry as a career and institution of learning is available. This…

This article reports on a survey of the expectations and experiences of first-year students who were enrolled in 2010 on programmes in Art & Design in the United Kingdom. The survey covered 20 institutions and received 778 usable responses. The results indicate considerable variation in both expectations and experiences, and provide a basis…

This document presents a report designed to cast light on the relationship between the structural characteristic of geography and student background characteristics, high school experiences and achievements, future aspirations and expectations, interests, and attitudes of black high school students. The data are presented primarily in tabular form…

This report looks at the characteristics, educational experiences and the short- and long-term goals of senior-level physics and astronomy majors at a point just before their graduation. It examines the factors that influenced them to study physics or astronomy as well as what they considered important when choosing which institution to attend.…

A thorough profile of Greenwich High School's l980 graduating class is depicted through a list of sixteen summary statements. These are then expanded into graphs showing individual breakdown of such things as the number of students attending four-year colleges and universities on a full-time basis, and the geographic distribution of colleges…

Students at seven junior colleges in southwestern Pennsylvania were studied to determine their reasons for choosing a particular college and whether college attendance helped them realize their goals. Results from 261 student questionnaires were categorized and analyzed by individual campus, sex, and type of program--whether terminal or transfer.…

Examination of "big five" personality constructs as related to career choice in 249 undergraduate students found that career decidedness was positively and significantly related to life satisfaction, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and negatively related to neuroticism. Findings are discussed in relation to construct validation of career…

This report documents the findings of a questionnaire survey conducted in Delaware during the spring of 1973. Senior students in a sample of Delaware high schools were asked to provide certain information concerning their educational and occupational plans for the immediate future, and the extent to which these plans had been implemented at the…

The purpose of this report is to present descriptive data collected in the spring and fall of 1970 from a national sample of over 54,000 black high school juniors and seniors. The data were collected as part of a program designed to provide counseling and guidance services to black youth, and to establish a national longitudinal data resource for…

Data is reviewed from the last three years of a national longitudinal survey, Research about Teacher Education (RATE). Analysis of the responses and perceptions of preservice students (N=729-1141) suggests that preservice teachers are characterized by homogeneity, limited cultural horizons, and modest diversity of cultural experience. (IAH)

This study reports a comprehensive review of the research on career strands and college connection for the past 30 years. Specifically, major findings about college choice and college readiness are presented and summarized. Last, what educators can do based upon this body of research is suggested.

Normative data on students who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program Assessment during the 1980-1981 academic year are presented, based on a 10-percent national sample. Statistics are presented on academic abilities, interests, goals and aspirations, high school achievements and student characteristics, evaluation of the local high…

Normative data on students who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program Assessment during the 1981-1982 academic year are presented, based on a 10 percent national sample. Statistics are presented on academic abilities, interests, goals and aspirations, high school achievements and student characteristics, evaluation of the local high…

Perceptions of United Kingdom students concerning higher education, student choices of individual programs and institutions, and sources of information were studied in 1982, based on a national survey of over 1,500 student applicants to institutions of higher education, from 50 schools, and backed up by interviews with over 500 of those sampled.…

A study of the social and occupational values of first-semester social work students in comparison with those of students majoring in the social sciences found that individual occupational choice was more predictive of differences between the groups than was college choice, social background, or previous work experience. (MSE)