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Peer reviewedSharp, Laure M.; Weidman, John C. – Journal of Higher Education, 1989
Data from the 1979 follow-up of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 suggested that early career experiences of undergraduate humanities majors differed little from contemporaries in other liberal arts fields, but contrasted with those in which job-major fit was better or pay higher. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Careers, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1979
The "National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972: Base Year (1972) through Fourth Follow-up (1979)" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a single merged file of student responses to the original interviews or tests in 1972 and the mail follow-up surveys of 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979. The 1972 data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Careers, College Attendance
