Perceptions of Agricultural Communications Freshmen Regarding Curriculum Expectations and Career Aspirations

Career aspirations and attainment RUNNING HEAD: CAREER ASPIRATIONS AND ATTAINMENT

In this paper we examine the associations between gender, family background, general cognitive ability (g) and career aspirations at early age, and career attainment in mid adulthood drawing on two large representative samples of the British population born in 1958 (N = 6,474) and in 1970 (N = 5,081). A developmental-contextual model of career development is tested in both age cohorts, using St...

Accuracy of Extension Professionals’ and Farmers’ Perceptions regarding Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services

This study examined the accuracy between extension professionals and farmers regarding their perceptions of privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services. The study was carried out in Delta State, Nigeria and it had a sample size of 224 respondents comprising of 134 extension professionals of the Delta State Agricultural Programme (DTADP) and 90 farmers that were random...

The Relationships between Students’ Perceptions of Science and Their Career Aspirations

This study is to investigate the underlying factors of students’ reported perceptions of science, and whether those factors are associated with students’ STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career interest. Survey data from about 1200 middle school students across five states were collected. Factor analyses were conducted to extract underlying factors from the observed ques...

Assessing Career Aspirations of Pharmacy Students

The focus of pharmacy practice and education has changed over the past decade. In the past, pharmacy practice and education were focused primarily on drugs and their distribution. The suggestion of pharmacy practice centered on the patient was first articulated by Hepler and Strand in 1990 as pharmaceutical care.1 The concept of pharmaceutical care quickly became adopted by the profession. By t...

Training Sociologists: Professional Socialization and the Emergence of Career Aspirations