Factors Influencing the Career Choices of African American Collegians: Implications for Minority Teacher Recruitment.

Shipp, Veronica H.

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Factors Influencing the Career Choices of African American Collegians: Implications for Minority Teacher Recruitment.

Shipp, Veronica H.

Journal of Negro Education, v68 n3 p343-51 Sum 1999

Investigated factors influencing African American college students' career choices and the attractiveness of teaching as a career. Surveys of education and non-education majors indicated that non-education majors considered salary, job security, and advancement significantly more important in their career choices than did education majors. Both groups perceived salary and prestige as the least attractive aspects of teaching. (SM)

Descriptors: Black Students, Black Teachers, Career Choice, College Students, Diversity (Faculty), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Promotion (Occupational), Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Salaries

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Language: English

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