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Figueiredo, Hugo; Biscaia, Ricardo; Rocha, Vera; Teixeira, Pedro – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Recent decades have seen a massive expansion in higher education (HE), fuelled by high expectations about its private benefits. This has raised concerns about the impact on the employability of recent graduates and the potential mismatches between their skills and the competences required by the job structure. Equally, it could set the ground for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, College Graduates
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Kool, A.; Mainhard, M. T.; Jaarsma, A. D. C.; Brekelmans, M.; van Beukelen, P. – High Ability Studies, 2016
This study compared Dutch alumni who previously participated in an honors program (n = 72) to non-honors alumni who entered university as high-achieving high school students (n = 72) with regard to (1) final university grade point average (GPA) and (2) early career outcomes. Final grades were drawn from university files. Using an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alumni, Honors Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
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Chen, Ching-Yi; Fischer, Jerome; Biller, Ernie – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was designed to measure non-traditional students' perceptions of role conflicts between work and school and subsequent coping strategies, and to determine factors relevant to both role conflicts and coping. A survey was developed and implemented to investigate the continuing education issues. Results were based on 485…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes
Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John – 1992
This study is intended to assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Each year since 1975, about 17,000 seniors have participated in the survey, which is conducted in about 130 high schools nationwide. In addition, subsamples of seniors from previously participating classes receive follow-up…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis