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ERIC Number: EJ396801
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Early Careers of Undergraduate Humanities Majors.
Sharp, Laure M.; Weidman, John C.
Journal of Higher Education, v60 n5 p544-64 Sep-Oct 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, Higher Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Majors (Students), Outcomes of Education, Questionnaires, Regression (Statistics), Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Center for Education Statistics; National Longitudinal Study High School Class 1972