This study examined rural–nonrural differences in college enrollment patterns among Indiana’s 2010 public high school graduates. It found that a similar proportion of graduates of rural and nonrural high schools enrolled in public Indiana colleges. In addition, a similar proportion of the two groups of graduates were presumptively eligible for selective and very selective four-year colleges bas...

At present, the employment situation of college graduates is grim, which has caused wide concerns in the whole society. How to improve the competitiveness of college graduates, to adapt to the employment environment, to help college graduates to smooth employment has become an urgent problem to be solved. According to the investigation of college graduates’ employment environment, the author an...

the present research aimed at identifying employment limitations and constraints facing the university graduates in agricultural majors, also finding the solutions to enhance opportunities and job potentials for the agricultural graduates. the study used qualitative research methods. qualitative data collection was done with the help of semi-structured interviews. data were gathered from 30 emp...

PURPOSE The objective was to compare employment status of junior/community college graduates with and without disabilities. METHODS We compared post-graduation outcomes of 182 graduates with and 1304 without disabilities from career/technical and pre-university programs from three junior/community colleges. Findings for graduates who had registered for disability related services from their s...

Employers regularly complain of a shortage of qualified scientists and advocate that to remain competitive more scientists need to be trained. However, using a survey of graduates from British universities, I report that three years after graduation less than 50% of graduates from science subjects are working in a scientific occupation. Accounting for selection into major and occupation type, I...

BACKGROUND This study reports on the number of graduates entering family medicine residencies in 2011 from allopathic, osteopathic, and international medical schools. Allopathic graduate data come from medical school registrars or the American Medical Association Masterfile. The 2012 family medicine residency program director census, with a response rate of 100%, verified residents who entered ...

During a down-sizing of residency programs at a State University Medical School, hospital based residents' positions were eliminated. It was determined to find out the characteristics of the residents who graduated from the Laboratory Medicine Program, to compare women graduates with men graduates, and to compare IMGs with United States Graduates. An assessment of a 25 year program in laborator...

Background We aimed to assess recent Latin American medical school graduates' knowledge and attitudes about OSA and examine whether their knowledge and attitudes about OSA differed from practicing physicians. Methods Recent medical graduates completed the Spanish translation of the OSA Knowledge and Attitudes (OSAKA) questionnaire at the 2013 national primary-care residency-placement meeting ...

OBJECTIVE To examine where graduates of the Northeastern Ontario Family Medicine (NOFM) residency program in Sudbury and the Family Medicine North (FMN) program in Thunder Bay practise after graduation, using cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. METHODS Data from the Scott's Medical Database were examined. All physicians who graduated from NOFM and FMN between 1993 and 2002 were include...

This study compares RN-to-BSN completion graduates and generic BSN graduates in frequency of critical nursing activities performed when caring for patients and in degree of commitment to the profession. Results indicate that RN-to-BSN completion graduates perform in a manner similar to generic BSN graduates; however, RN-to-BSN graduates more frequently demonstrated professional commitment such ...