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ERIC Number: EJ139593
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Jobs and Liberal Arts Graduates: Some Critical Relationships
Toombs, William; Thomas, Kathie
Research in Higher Education, 4, 2, 131-48, 76
Data about alumni, students, and staff--organized around concepts of job entry, decisions, and changes in goals, jobs, and majors--revealed the importance of satisfaction on the first job, a changing relationship between jobs and majors, the impact of the liberal arts' study on educational aspirations, and the rationale for choice. (Editor/JT)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, College Graduates, Decision Making, Educational Research, Employment, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Liberal Arts, Majors (Students)
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