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THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND ANTICIPATED CAREER PROSPECTS OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A COLLEGE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Author(s) -
RICE RUTH
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1964.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - psychology , graduate students , population , medical education , higher education , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , political science , medicine , demography , law
S ummary . The Robbins' Committee on higher education concluded: “We envisage a new role for the Colleges of Advanced Technology as technological universities, conferring their own degrees.” They reassert that “The Diploma in Technology is the equivalent of an honours degree.” The purpose of the survey, conducted in 1961, concurrent with many of the enquiries for the Robbins' Report, on which the following extract is based, was to throw light on the social and educational background and career prospects of students studying for a Diploma of Technology in a College of Advanced Technology. Certain conclusions are drawn, viz., that this College attracts a predominately local population of students, the majority of whom, under our present educational system, would not find their way to the university but who, upon qualification, will have the same chance as the university graduate to reach a position of status in industry. As many changes are taking place in this field of higher education, it is hoped that the findings of this survey will be of interest to the social historian in comparing the students who are pioneering this qualification in industry with those who succeed them.