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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ743919
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 11
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Decision to Enter the Profession of Student Affairs
Taub, Deborah J.; McEwen, Marylu K.
Journal of College Student Development, v47 n2 p206-216 Mar-Apr 2006
The purpose of this study was to consider factors that graduate students in master's degree programs in student affairs identify as influential to their decisions to enter the student affairs profession. A total of 300 master's students from 24 randomly selected graduate programs participated in the study. Relatively few differences were found between men and women or between traditional-age and older graduate students. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Career Choice, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Student Personnel Workers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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