Scores on the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale for 418 underprepared undergraduates were analyzed to determine component structure. Two distinct components for underprepared students were identified: information gathering and decision making, which accounted for 60% of variance among scale items. (SK)

The present study examined the reliability of student evaluations of summer undergraduate research experiences using the SURE (Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences) and a follow-up survey disseminated 9 mo later. The survey further examines the hypothesis that undergraduate research enhances the educational experience of science…

This article presents findings from a qualitative study of 120 undergraduate students from seven schools in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Using in-depth individual and focus group interviews, we explored participants' perceptions of salient indicators of integration of faith and learning (IFL) in the classroom. Findings…

The relationships between the six scales on which Holland's theory is based and the five other scales of the Vocational Preference Inventory were investigated using canonical analysis. (Author)

Approximately 5,000 students entering the University of Toronto were surveyed regarding their career choices. Results show that about 20 percent of the respondents selected medicine as their first choice, but that all reported second and third choices. Implications for academic advising are discussed briefly. (LBH)

Together with findings relating higher structural development to higher levels of career decision-making, self-efficacy, and career decidedness, the results of three studies were interpreted as providing qualified support for the assumption that vocational schemas undergo organizational development. (Author/ABB)

Examined relationship between career indecision and family-of-origin enmeshment. Administered Career Decision Scale and 2 scales (Intergenerational Individuation and Triangulation) from Personal Authority in Family System Questionnaire to 557 college students. Found that graduate students were more decided than undergraduate students and that…

Surveyed 119 undergraduate reentry women to determine whether subjects would see issues relevant to career choice and development differently based on whether they had children or not and whether they were married, separated, or divorced. Results revealed that majority of respondents perceived changing jobs and obtaining employment as primary…

Undergraduate women with higher levels of organization and control in their families experienced less career indecision but not higher career self-efficacy. Males and females whose families had intellectual/cultural orientation had higher self-efficacy in using occupational information. An inverse relationship appeared between this type of…

This study is an examination of motivation orientations (mastery, intrinsic, cooperative, individual, competition, ego, approach success, avoid failure, hypercompetition, personal development competition) and musical self-concept in relation to measures of academic achievement and career goals of preservice music teachers. The research questions…

This paper focuses on a cohort of B.Ed. students' understandings about social difference and social justice as recorded in their professional journals in the first semester of third year. It shows that their reasons for choosing teaching as a career, reflections on their school experiences and discussions about future students are grounded in the…

Black female, Chicano female, Asian female and total female enrollment representations as well as total Black, total Chicano and total Asian enrollment representations were determined for undergraduate major areas at seven University of California campuses. The number of mathematics courses required for each major was also determined from the…

Analyzes national survey data to determine whether social work students who received federal child welfare traineeships subsequently found employment in child welfare. Relates results to reformulation of child welfare as a field of practice and to the continuing debate about how child welfare personnel can be most effectively and efficiently…

The possible utilities and limitations of computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACG) have been widely discussed although the effectiveness of CACG has not been systematically considered. This paper investigates the effectiveness of a theory-based CACG program, integrating Sequential Elimination and Expected Utility strategies. Three types of…

Results of a survey of undergraduate students on interest in gerontology revealed strong direct influence on academic interest in gerontology for career interest in working with the elderly and weak direct influence for attitude toward the elderly. Indirect effects were found for respondents' sex and family experience with the elderly. (Author)