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Showing 1 to 20 of 156 for “"College Graduates"”.
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Early career change among millennial US college graduates
… this study found that 26% of millennial US college graduates changed careers within the first five years after obtaining their degree, but no more than past generations when they were young. Analysis also found that flexibility and optimism are not significant predictors of early career …
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Factors influencing the job success of women college graduates
… the effects of personal, job-related, and college characteristics on the job success of women college graduates employed by a major U.S. manufacturing firm. Job success was defined in terms of performance evaluations, wage growth, and promotion rate models. The relative success of graduates …
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Uncovering Typologies of Civically Engaged Latinx/a/o College Graduates
This dissertation examined how Latinx/a/o college graduates engage civically. Guided by Morton’s (1995) paradigms of service, Drezner’s (2018) philanthropic mirroring framework, and Moll et al.’s (1992) funds of knowledge, I investigated how Latinx/a/o college graduates engage civically in their …
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Black-White Differences in Career Contingencies of 1961 College Graduates
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Models for estimating compensation for college graduates entering careers in business
… and human capital characteristics on incomes of college graduates in five different business occupational categories. The characteristics studied are age, race, sex, marital status, bachelors or advanced degree, and employment in the private or public sector. The influence of these …
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Job Satisfaction of Chinese College Graduates Working in the United States
… to study job satisfaction among Chinese collge graduates (CCG) working in the United States. Structural models were developed and examined with analytic procedures to explore the effects of the following variables on CCG's job satisfaction: (1) the individual characteristics of Chinese college …
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The Effects of Ability and Motivation on Earnings of College Graduates
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Understanding the Employability of College Graduates for Success in the Workplace
… competitive world, it is critical that college graduates enter the workplace with the appropriate skills to not only survive but also grow their career. Current college graduates have not consistently acquired the skills needed for success in the workplace to learn and thrive …
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Wage Determinants of College Graduates in China : a Case Study of Nanjing
… study on the beginning wage of the fresh college graduates in China. Employing a new dataset, this study analyzes the beginning wage in the perspective of university tiers and major specificity. The family background effects on the occupation and wage are also analyzed in different facets …
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The Effects of Cumulative Social Capital on Job Outcomes of College Graduates
… its role in the process of transition from college to work. In particular, this research studied the cumulative effects of social capital formed in high school years and college years and examined its relationship with job outcomes. The study used the National Education Longitudinal Study …
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How African American College Graduates Who Attended An Early College Describe The Benefits
… documented how first-generation African American college graduates who attended an Early College program in North Carolina describe the benefits of this educational experience. There are many different types and structures of the Early College Program concept, that is, programs where high school …
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Organizational entry by new college graduates: implications for human resource development and universities
… question of this study is: what exactly do new college graduates encounter as they enter work organizations and does that experience affect their opinions and attitudes. An exploratory, descriptive study of Virginia Tech's May 1990 undergraduate graduating class was conducted to systematically …
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Using participatory constructivist grounded theory to understand how queer college graduates build professional identity
… in this economy. The reality for many graduates is they will go on to face discrimination stemming from sexism, racism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, and xenophobia within professional spaces. Specifically, students who are members of the queer community face high …
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Tanzania's minority indigenous college graduates: aspirations and barriers overcame to access through completing college
… examines the aspirations of minority indigenous college graduates and the barriers they overcame to access through completing higher education. This study was guided by the following questions: Why did minority indigenous graduates aspire to go to college? How do social, economic, cultural, and …
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Intercultural intervention in a U.S. corporate internship program for college graduates from Rwanda: An exploratory study
… internship program in the United States for college graduates from Rwanda. This is a mixed-method study using quantitative and qualitative data collected before, at completion, and one year after the 3-month internship program. The report explores the design, methods, content, tools, …
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Discoveries from Recent College Graduates: Documenting Lived Experiences from School to Work during a Period of Economic Downturn
… phenomenological study explored how recent college graduates navigated from school to work during a recent economic downturn. More specifically, the study endeavored to understand the lived experiences of recent college graduates in a period of transition. Schlossberg's (1984) transition …
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College Graduates' Perception of Placement-Service Impact at Three Selected Institutions of Higher Education in the Michiana Area
<p><em>Problem. </em>Colleges have established offices of career planning and placement services to advise students who are making decisions concerning their vocational goals and to help graduates secure employment in their field of study. However, despite good intentions and efforts put together …
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College graduates’ perceptions of their use of teamwork skills: soft skill development in Fort Hays State University Leadership Education
… completed by Fort Hays State University graduates using the Teamwork Skills Questionnaire (O’Neil, Lee, Wang & Mulkey, 1999). Those who received no leadership education from the FHSU Department of Leadership Studies were compared with those who received a leadership certificate and those …
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Examining the Relationship Between Spirituality and Persistence of Community College Graduates Who Matriculate to the Baccalaureate Degree Granting Institution
<p>Community college students, more often than not, face challenges not typical to those of traditional-aged students. They are more likely to attend part-time, tend to be the least academically prepared, more financially challenged, often working, and have a greater likelihood of being single …
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