A Feminist Cinderella Tale: Why Women Over Age 30 Want to Attend Graduate and Professional School and What Happens to Them.

Autor/in	Kaplan, Susan Romer
Titel	A Feminist Cinderella Tale: Why Women Over Age 30 Want to Attend Graduate and Professional School and What Happens to Them.
Quelle	(1981), (27 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Academic Persistence; Age Differences; Career Choice; Educational Trends; Females; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Midlife Transitions; Nontraditional Occupations; Nontraditional Students; Occupational Aspiration; Reentry Students; Vocational Interests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsentwicklung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Midlife-Krise; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Berufsinteresse
Abstract	Women who, as adolescents, feared success in male-dominated fields, may demonstrate non-traditional career preferences later in life and return to school to pursue their new career aspirations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 25 women over age 30 who were enrolled in graduate or professional schools. Data showed that mature women students wanted to obtain advanced degrees because of the intellectual challenge, as well as for vocational concerns. Most women pursued fields that had interested them as undergraduate students; many enrolled in traditionally feminine fields. Single and divorced women were more likely than married women to be in traditionally masculine fields. Women in the over-40 age cohort were more likely than women in the age 35-39 cohort to be in traditionally masculine fields. Institutional barriers affecting the admission and retention of mature women students included admission, relationships with faculty, and financial problems. Personal barriers centered around family responsibilities and emotional strain. Findings suggest that despite these difficulties, women graduate and professional students over age 30 are extremely committed to their fields of study. (NRB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01