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Graduate Management Admission Council, 2018
This survey report--the second in a series of topical reports based on the results of the 2018 mba.com Prospective Students Survey--presents the findings associated with with candidates' post-graduate management education career interests, including goals, industries, and job functions. [The following individuals from the GMAC Research Department…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Business Administration Education, Occupational Aspiration, Vocational Interests
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Radford, Alexandria Walton; Fritch, Laura Burns; Leu, Katherine; Duprey, Michael – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This report presents selected findings from the second follow-up of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). HSLS:09 follows a nationally representative sample of students who were ninth-graders in fall 2009 from the beginning of high school into higher education and the workforce. Key research topics for HSLS:09 include secondary to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 9, Cohort Analysis
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 2010
When choosing a career, jobseekers often want to know which occupations offer the best prospects. Generally, occupations that have rapid job growth, many new jobs, or many job openings--and good wages--promise better opportunities. This article shows how employment in particular occupations is projected to change over the 2008-2018 decade. The…
Descriptors: Occupations, Charts, Employment Projections, Federal Government
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Strohl, Jeff; Melton, Michelle – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
Over the years, there has been a persistent lack of available information about the economic consequences of choosing one academic major over another. As a result, students have had little financial data on hand to help them choose between majors. No longer. This report finds that different majors have different economic value. While going to…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Graduates, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1990
The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for program year 1989 are given in this report, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education completers' statistics for the 1988-89 school year. The numbers of male and female completers of secondary programs for each…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Females
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1988
The New Jersey Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's statistics for average annual predicted job openings for 1984-87 are presented, along with the New Jersey Division of Vocational Education's enrollment statistics for the same period. The number of males and females enrolled in secondary programs for each of the 29 job categories…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment
Langer, Casey; Mulvey, Patrick J. – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2005
Physics and Astronomy Degree Recipients face a variety of career and educational choices once they receive their degree. The decisions that they make are affected by a wide range of influences, such as student experiences, evolving interests, family issues, personal finances, long-term career goals, and the economic conditions they encounter. This…
Descriptors: Occupational Surveys, Astronomy, Physics, Occupational Aspiration
Gottfredson, Linda S. – 1980
This report describes a study that examined three types of change that affect career development: (1) changes in jobs and behavior that occur as people mature and age, (2) cultural changes that alter the opportunities and attitudes of people born at different times in history, and (3) changes in the environment that affect the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development
Young, Christabel; And Others – 1983
The results of a study which identified the employment aspirations and needs of Greek and Italian immigrant youth in Australia are presented in this book. There are 11 Chapters, the first three of which discuss, respectively; (1) research background and methodology; (2) the experience of Greek and Italian immigrant youth in Australia (a literature…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Educational Experience, Employment Patterns
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
Data on the characteristics of doctoral degree recipients are charted and graphed, including race, national origin (foreign students), age, program length, sex, citizenship status, planned postdoctoral study and/or employment, primary postdoctoral employment activity, and discipline group. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, Citizenship, Doctoral Degrees
Ellis, Susanne D. – 1982
The postbaccalaureate plans of 1980-1981 physics and astronomy graduates were surveyed and compared with previous graduates. Data are presented on annual changes in postbaccalaureate plans during 1971-1981 with respect to the following options: physics graduate study, other graduate study, civilian employment, military service, and undecided.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Career Planning
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This documentation supports the 1981 Survey of Characteristics of Students in Noncollegiate Postsecondary Schools. The survey collected data about students enrolled in occupational programs in public and private non-collegiate postsecondary schools. Information collected includes: (1) age; (2) sex; (3) racial and ethnic background; (4) current…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Cultural Background, Databases
Taylor, Stephen – 1996
The 1995 Scottish School Leavers Survey, which was designed to obtain information about school leavers' post-school education and employment, was administered to a sample of 18- and 19-year-olds who had left school in 1992, 1993, or 1994. Of the 5,020 individuals sent questionnaires, 2,812 (56%) responded. Of those surveyed, 39% were in full-time…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1987
A study was conducted to document the academic and career progress of representative groups of students in all 19 Kansas community colleges from first college entry to experiences after leaving college. In fall 1985, each college randomly selected 50 to 100 representative first-time, full-time freshmen who agreed in writing to complete an initial…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Syverson, Peter D. – 1981
A brief summary of data, in tables with some narrative, from the Survey of Earned Doctorates during fiscal year 1980 is presented. Both research and applied research doctorates with these degree designations are included: DAS, DArch, DA, DBA, JCD, DCJ, DCrim, EdD, DEng, DESc, ScDE, DEnv, DED, DFA, DF, DGS, DHS (Health and Safety), DHS (Hebrew…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Females, Foreign Nationals
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