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Download full textWilliamson, Joanna; Vidal Rodeiro, Carmen – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2022
The transition from Key Stage 4 (KS4) to post-16 education marks a shift from a broad programme of study (around 8-10 subjects) to a narrower programme (usually 1-4 subjects). Within the constraints of course availability and entry criteria, students must make important choices. Students' post-16 pathways matter because different subjects as well…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Exit Examinations, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Following identifications of gendered inconsistencies in higher education delivery [Ain, C., F. Sabir, and J. Willison. 2018. "Research Skills That men and Women Developed at University and Then Used in Workplaces." "Studies in Higher Education," Published online.], this work exposes unseen gender-related issues in the graduate…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Higher Education, College Graduates, Employment Qualifications
Zhao, John; Ferguson, Sarah Jane; Dryburgh, Heather; Rodriguez, Carlos; Subedi, Rajendra – Statistics Canada, 2017
Young graduates from many different fields of study help ensure a prosperous future for Canada. They are those who will build and maintain a strong social infrastructure in areas such as education, communications, justice and health, alongside graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), who will advance the frontiers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Majors (Students), College Graduates
Mattern, Krista D.; Shaw, Emily J.; Ewing, Maureen – College Board, 2011
Previous research has found a positive relationship between AP® participation and performance with various college outcomes. Building on this work, the current study investigated the relationship between AP participation and performance with choice of college major. Specifically, this study examined whether students who take an AP Exam in a…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Achievement Tests, Computer Science, Majors (Students)
National Science Foundation, 2012
The survey of earned doctorates, the data source for this report, is an annual census of individuals who receive research doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. academic institutions. The survey is sponsored by six federal agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Doctoral Degrees, Intellectual Disciplines
Goldhor, Herbert – 1979
Undertaken to secure hard data on the nature and extent of American public library holdings of adult non-fiction books in the humanities, this study of 19 library collections of varying sizes used an inductive approach for evaluating books based on the frequency of their citation in selected reference tools. Five points summarize the findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Books, Evaluation, Humanities, Library Collections
Chaffin, Nancy J. – American Libraries, 1997
Presents the 1997 U.S. Serials Services Price Index, produced by the Library Materials Price Index Committee of the American Library Association's Association for Library Collections and Technical Services. Finds a 3.9% increase over 1996. Includes eight tables covering U.S. Serial Services, business, general and humanities, law, science and…
Descriptors: Business, Cost Indexes, Humanities, Laws
Conley, Valerie M.; Zimbler, Linda J. – 1997
The report focuses on the demographic characteristics, employment characteristics, workload, productivity, compensation, and attitudes of full-time instructional faculty teaching humanities at 4-year institutions of higher education in the fall of 1992. Data tables cover the humanities generally and specific program areas of English and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Business Education, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Van Fleet, Connie; And Others – 1991
This report is an evaluation of the Silver Edition II Project, a program to offer library-centered humanities programming to older adults. In the program local scholars in seven geographically dispersed library systems led discussion groups made up of 20 to 25 participating older adults. This evaluation focuses on the stated goals of the project:…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Discussion Groups, Humanities, Library Role
Suniewick, Nancy; El-Khawas, Elaine – 1985
General education requirements in the humanities at American colleges and universities were studied by the Higher Education Panel in spring 1984, based on usable surveys returned by 374 of the 454 institutions to which the survey had been sent. Data from the colleges were statistically weighted to reflect the national population of 2,566…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Core Curriculum, Degree Requirements
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Opinions of senior academic officials about changes in the quality of students in the humanities over the past 5 years were surveyed in 1982. Responses were received from officials from 385 institutions with undergraduate programs and 295 schools with graduate programs. Sixty-two percent of the officials believed that undergraduate student quality…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Graduate Students
Maxfield, Betty D.; Brown, Prudence – 1986
This report, based on the results of the fifth biennial survey of humanities doctorate recipients, describes the demographic and employment characteristics of humanities Ph.D.s who received their degrees between January 1942 and June 1984 and were residing in the United States in February 1985. The number of humanities Ph.D.s in 1985 was estimated…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Faculty, Data Collection, Degrees (Academic)
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
Changing job market opportunities affect the fields in which males and females choose to earn a graduate degree. This report examines disparities in field choices of the sexes. Highlighted are the following: (1) in 1994 substantially more females than males earned graduate degrees in education and the health professions; males earned a higher…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Belliveau, J.; And Others – 1981
Doctoral enrollment and graduation patterns at Canadian universities during the 1970s and projections for the 1980s are presented. Attention is directed to full-time and part-time doctoral enrollment by eight fields of study, and 26 disciplines are examined for the 10-year period of 1970-71 to 1979-80. Breakdowns by region and by selected…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Females
Jones, Lyle V., Ed.; And Others – 1982
U.S. research-doctorate programs in the humanities were assessed by a committee of the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils. Attention was focused on 522 programs in nine disciplines in the humanities that award research doctorates. The effectiveness of these programs in preparing students for research careers was assessed. Indices…
Descriptors: Art History, Classical Literature, College English, College Faculty
