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Changing Career Values: Professional Employees in the 1980s. An Executive Summary Adapted from Research by Dr. David M. Hopkins.
Sinnott, Patricia A. – 1988
The assessment of younger workers as loyal only to themselves has been made largely on social observations. A study conducted in 1982 to examine the career values of new college graduates surveyed 1,991 seniors from 50 colleges and universities nationwide. A follow-up survey was completed by 913 of the original respondents 18 months after…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Graduates, College Seniors, Expectation
I Feel Like an Armadillo: A Look at College Seniors and Recent Graduates Using Erik Erikson's Model of "Identity Versus Role-Diffusion."
Jaurigue, Rebecca – 1991
Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson observed that achieving a sense of self, an identity, was the important psychosocial task facing adolescents. The conflict lies in discovering and defining that identity despite parental and societal demands, changing values and opportunities, the influence of friends, and lovers, education, and finances.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Seniors, Higher Education, Individual Development
Franklin and Marshall Career Center Sets up Receptions in 5 Cities to Promote "Networking."
Biemiller, Lawrence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
A Pennsylvania college arranges a series of receptions in several cities to encourage seniors to meet alumni with similar career interests and to help students develop the social skills to make further contacts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Planning, College Seniors, Higher Education
The Senior Experience: Applied, Team Problem Solving in Business Education.
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Jessup, Leonard M. – Journal of Education for Business, 1995
A yearlong senior experience course requires teams of business students to solve real problems for organizations in the community. Students enhanced responsibility, confidence, and organizational skills. Problems centered on differentiating the course from internships and improving staffing. Students had problems with group dynamics, team…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Capstone Experiences, Class Activities, College Seniors
Random Thoughts from the Class of '87: 17 Graduating Seniors Reflect on Their Experiences as Undergraduates.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Students from 15 colleges compare their expectations of college with their experiences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Attitude Change, College Attendance, College Curriculum