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Peterson, Shari L. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
A study of 418 academically underprepared college students found a positive correlation between students' perceptions of their career decision-making self-efficacy and their overall social and academic adjustment to the academic environment. Further research into career decision-making self-efficacy is recommended, particularly for intervention to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Development, College Students, Decision Making

Ewell, Peter T. – Research in Higher Education, 1989
Drawing from a survey of 320 colleges, a study investigated the contribution of "institutional culture" variables on faculty/administrator perceptions of effectiveness, independent of institutional characteristics such as size, type, selectivity, and control is described. Independent effects were established for perceptions of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Career Development, College Students