A study examined the job-entry typewriting speeds of all 185 secretaries employed at East Tennessee State University, which was selected as an institution representative of large public universities with a college of medicine. The secretaries' scores on the timed typing test that they took at the time of their application for their present…

The research underlying this article seeks to improve our understanding of the processes of entry into working life of higher education graduates. In theoretical and conceptual terms, contributions from a variety of disciplines (particularly economics and sociology) and different theoretical currents and frameworks have been used to interlink…

A survey of randomly selected graduates of seven pharmacy schools revealed that pharmacists generally felt their job expectations were being fulfilled. No differences in overall satisfaction were found between bachelor's and entry-level doctoral graduates in either community or hospital practice, and minimal subscale differences were found.…

A study investigated the impact of cooperative education on the amount of starting salary attained by participating graduates when compared to nonparticipating graduates. A literature review focused on the history of cooperative education, program designs, and general student benefits. Career Planning and Placement Center survey results for the…

A study of the use of employment and unemployment patterns of recent graduates as predictors of a university's graduates' employability found that differences in employment patterns are more a function of the mix of majors among a particular institution's graduates, and that use of these predictors is unstable over time. (MSE)

Data from a national survey of faculty salaries at baccalaureate and comprehensive colleges are presented and analyzed. Average salaries are presented in tabular form for 46 disciplines for professor, associate professor, assistant professor, new assistant professor, instructor, and all ranks combined. (MSE)

It was found that in California, where schools graduate primarily doctoral graduates as entry level practitioners, California graduates are more likely to work in community and hospital pharmacies, work in staff rather than clinical positions, and spend most work time in distributive functions, suggesting the PharmD programs overtrain these…

A study of research university faculty in first (n=52) and third (n=47) years of appointment investigated relationships among work and nonwork satisfaction, interdomain conflict, and life satisfaction. Findings indicated that balance and conflict explained variance in life satisfaction beyond that explained by job and nonwork satisfaction. Changes…

This document contains two papers on aviation education. "Chief Pilots of Regional Airlines Perceive Basic Instrument Skills as Most Important with Respect to Need for Additional Training of Entry-Level Pilots" (William C. Herrick) reports the results of a study in which 126 (of a population of 197) randomly selected regional airlines' chief…

A study compared the perceptions of Pennsylvania laboratory directors and medical technology educators relative to career-entry competencies for associate degree medical laboratory technicians (MLTs) and baccalaureate medical technology (MT) graduates. A 55-item competency questionnaire was administered to 265 hospital laboratory directors and 40…

A study of employment patterns and starting salary gaps among male and female business graduates during the 1980s found that while both employment conditions and earnings improved for women, the gender gap in starting salaries increased during the decade. Of college-acquired student characteristics, only academic achievement persisted as a…

This report provides, in chart form, results of a survey of employers of cooperative education students in the Midwest. The statistics and data are intended to provide useful information regarding salaries and benefits paid to cooperative education student employees to cooperative practitioners in the Midwest. A five-page introduction describes…

A study compared senior nursing students' perceptions about their baccalaureate nursing education as preparation for a professional nursing career with their feelings six months after graduation and entry in their first position in clinical nursing. (MSE)

A study using both quantitative and qualitative techniques investigated the role of institutional culture in socialization of newly-recruited faculty in social sciences/ humanities departments and compared them with perceptions of current faculty concerning institutional culture and departmental subcultures. Four stages of acculturation are…

The early work experiences of graduates of Michigan State University's engineering program who did and did not participate in the university's cooperative education program were compared. A two-part survey that covered work experiences during college, skill development in undergraduate programs, career evaluation and outlook, demographic…