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Frenette, Marc – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Do students know the level of education required to achieve their career objectives? Is this information related to their education pathways? To address these questions, I compare high school students' perceptions of the level of education they will require for the job they intend to hold at age 30, with the level required according to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Mogilchak, E. L. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
The objective of this study is to obtain information about how college students' economic orientations interact with one another as well as with indicators of the level of their satisfaction with their lives and social and economic factors. The assumption was that these orientations are formed by a number of latent variables and factors, and that…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Economic Factors, College Students, Work Ethic
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Bean, John P. – Journal of Higher Education, 1998
Argues that the language currently used at research universities to describe faculty work is constraining, emphasizing quantity as opposed to quality, extrinsic as opposed to intrinsic characteristics, lack of trust of faculty, and emphasis on procurement of resources. An alternative use of language is proposed, suggesting that, if faculty can…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Definitions