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Graduate Management Admission Council, 2022
This Deans Summary highlights the key themes and insights of the GMAC Prospective Students Survey -- 2022 Summary Report. It explores how prospective students' preferences have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic based on responses from more than 6,500 individuals worldwide who expressed interest in graduate business education in 2021. [For the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Surveys, Preferences
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
Beede, David; Julian, Tiffany; Langdon, David; McKittrick, George; Khan, Beethika; Doms, Mark – US Department of Commerce, 2011
The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce is crucial to America's innovative capacity and global competitiveness. Yet women are vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs and among STEM degree holders despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce and half of the college-educated workforce. That leaves an untapped opportunity…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Role Models, Females, Sex Role
Sikora, Joanna; Pokropek, Artur – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of adolescent career plans reported in PISA 2006. Its main focus is on the differences in the status and area of employment expected by girls and boys in high school. In almost all countries, girls lead boys in their interest in non-manual, high status professional occupations. This can be seen as a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Females, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing, 2013
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in more than 40 countries, including OECD members and G20 partners. Featuring more than 100 charts, 200…
Descriptors: Adults, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, College Students
Anderson, Sharon E. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report examines the timing of teaching careers of 1992-93 college graduates at three points during the 10 years after graduation. It answers questions about the characteristics of graduates who enter and leave teaching, focusing specifically on their demographic characteristics, academic preparation, teacher working conditions, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Bachelors Degrees, Teachers, Career Choice
Hill, Susan T.; And Others – 1987
This report presents trend data from 1976 to 1986 on the number, demographic characteristics, and fields of specialization of education doctorate recipients. Intended users include education program planners, education policy analysts, and education administrators. Charts and text also present information regarding institutions awarding education…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Education Majors
Rochkind, Jonathan; Ott, Amber; Immerwahr, John; Doble, John; Johnson, Jean – Public Agenda, 2007
This issue of "Lessons Learned" carries the heading "They're Not Little Kids Anymore: The Special Challenge of New Teachers in High Schools and Middle Schools." It goes without saying that almost all parents love their children dearly, but nearly 9 in 10 admit "kids become a lot more challenging when they hit the teen years." So in a way, it…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Middle Schools
Eberhardt, Del; And Others – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Choice, High School Graduates, High Schools
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
"Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in the OECD's 34 member countries, as well as a number of non-member G20 nations. Featuring more than 140…
Descriptors: Adults, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, College Students

Graettinger, John S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
Results of the National Resident Matching Program are discussed, including changes in enrollment, withdrawal, and matching patterns, data on foreign medical graduates, ratio of positions per applicant, specialization patterns, and program participation. Tabulations for each specialty are presented in numerical and percentage forms. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Foreign Medical Graduates, Graduate Medical Students

Barozzi, Anna; Toschi, Vittoria – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1989
Provides statistical data of female representation in college, engineering majors, and engineering careers in Italy. Discusses the reasons for choosing engineering as a major field and the difficulties of the choice. (YP)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education

Roemer, Robert E. – Research in Higher Education, 1983
Patterns of degree selection in 1970-71 and 1978-79 are compared with each other and with that of men. The rate at which women's representation in a field changes is judged by an index of rate of change, and the redistribution of women among fields is analyzed. Possible explanations are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Degrees (Academic), Educational Trends, Females

Higgins, Elizabeth J.; Bryll, Terry – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
Patterns of medical school alumni who choose to teach in their own or other medical schools, rather than practice medicine, are examined. Schools that serve as major faculty sources are ranked and percentages are given of graduates teaching at their own schools of graduation and at other schools. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Bae, Yupin; Smith, Thomas M. – 1997
This report reviews the most current data on women's progress in mathematics and science achievement, attitudes, course-taking patterns, and college majors. Results of recent studies suggest that many factors such as parental encouragement, teacher preparation, teacher student interactions, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Course Selection (Students), Elementary Secondary Education
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