Evaluation of an Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum

Quereshi, M. Y.

doi:10.1080/00220973.1979.11011694

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“…Although Quereshi's (1979) results led to the conclusion that alumni's satisfaction with their degree was related to the regard they had for their former faculty and the helpfulness of their adviser, Ware and Meyer ( 198 1)) Lunneborg (1985), and Lunneborg and Wilson (1985) suggested that satisfaction is most related to actual postbaccalaureate pursuits. A plausible hypothesis, given these inconsistent findings, is that undergraduates' satisfaction with their major may be a complex interaction between the faculty who taught them, the occupational paths they chose to follow, and their perceptions about their jobs' relatedness to the undergraduate curricula.…”

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“…Psychology maiors were emaloved in a varietv of iobs and enrolled in . . a wide range of graduate and professional programs (Davis, 1979;Lunneborg & Wilson, 1982;Quereshi, 1979;Titley, 1978;Ware & Meyer, 1981;Wise et al, 1983Wise et al, , 1988Woods, 1979). Most of the first lobs obtained bv graduates were in , ., business or social service settings.…”

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“…He traced the career progression of majors based on the hypothesis that entry-level professional positions and later positions would be significantly different. Davis (1979), Finney, Snell, and Sebby (1987), Quereshi (1977Quereshi ( , 1979, Walker, Newcomb, and Hopkins (1987), Wise, Fulkerson, and Smith (1988), Wise, Smith, and Fulkerson ( 1983), and Woods ( 1979) also completed studies with samples from liberal arts colleges and larger state institutions. Finally, Prerost (1981) evaluated the postgraduation choices of alumni who had completed a specific fieldwork experience at Western Illinois University.…”

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Carving Out the Niche: A Review of Alumni Surveys on Undergraduate Psychology Majors

McGovern

Carr

1989

Teaching of Psychology

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Information about psychology majors' activities after graduation is an important ingredient in the evaluation and renewal of undergraduate programs. In this article, we review the survey research on psychology alumni, analyzing the various survey objectiues, samples, results, and program implementations. Based on this review, we make recommendations about the design of future studies, the role of APA's Educational Affairs Office, and the use of life-span development theory and methodology to refine future alumni research in undergraduate psychology. "When . . . considering an undergraduate major, the college student sometimes rules out psychology on the grounds expressed something like this: 'Well, psychology is very interesting, but what can you do with it after you graduate?' " (King & Kimble, 1958, p. 23). After more than 30 years, little has changed in our need to promote the career prospects of undergraduate majors. This is especially true now that the number of baccalaureates awarded in psychology each year has reached 40,000 (Howard et al., 1986). What has changed is that our concern for these students and their future has insvired sovhisticated assessment methods for their employment and graduate school aspirations and innovative curricular interventions to respond to their needs. The future of psychology at the graduate level depends on the quality of our efforts at the undergraduate level (Bickman, 1985;Howard et al., 1986).In this article, we describe the ways researchers have assessed alumni of psychology programs. Surveys pose common questions. How have graduates fared in their employment situations? What are the alumni's retrospective judgments? How do employers analyze the launching and maintenance of successful careers? Resvonses to the surveys inform faculty, administratclrs, and students about life after graduation. The results can help faculty to design programs that will better prepare students for the future. Readerz interested in career programming innovations will discover that some of the authors mentioned in this article (e.g., Lunneborg) have also written about advising, career planning and placement, and curriculum projects in their departments. W e provide readers with an historical and critical analys~s of alumni studies. We believe that future research requires more sophisticated questions and methodology and that psychologrsts need to conceptualize t h e~r lnvestlgatlons of postbaccalaureate llvea more broadly There 15 a wealth of llterature In h~gher educatlon and m adult development to gu~de such efforts. Uses of the data also need to he expanded. The current zeltgelst, calling tor Increased as sessment, evaluation, and accountab~l~ty of programs (Ewell, 1985, Harr~s, 1985, Marchese, 1985 and the enrollment futures of lnstltutlons In whlch students want to guarantee t h e~r ablllty to pay back lncreaslng loan amounts (Kramer & Van Dusen, 1986), should foster well-des~gned studies.In the following sections, we tlrst descrlhe the samples for representatlve stud~es Second, we c r~t~c...

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Section: Occupational and Educational Statusmentioning

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Carving Out the Niche: A Review of Alumni Surveys on Undergraduate Psychology Majors

McGovern

Carr

1989

Teaching of Psychology

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Evaluation of an Undergraduate Psychology Program: Occupational and Personal Benefits

Quereshi

1988

Teaching of Psychology

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A 30-item questionnaire completed by 272 psychology graduates from Marquette University, between May 1973 and May 1983, provided an updated evaluation of the undergraduate program. This study investigated: (a) differences between male and female graduates, (b) graduates' evaluation of the psychology curriculum and faculty, and (c) occupational benefits of the psychology major for those who pursued graduate work in psychology or professional fields and for those who sought employment with the terminal bachelor's degree. Results of this study are compared with those of other alumni surveys published between 1961 and 1987.

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Gender Differences in Surveys of Psychology Baccalaureates: An Update

Quereshi

1992

Psychol Rep

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Evaluation of an Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum

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Carving Out the Niche: A Review of Alumni Surveys on Undergraduate Psychology Majors

Carving Out the Niche: A Review of Alumni Surveys on Undergraduate Psychology Majors

Evaluation of an Undergraduate Psychology Program: Occupational and Personal Benefits

Gender Differences in Surveys of Psychology Baccalaureates: An Update

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