John C Weidman
Biographic Data
| ID | 312392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John C Weidman |
| GIVEN NAMES | John C |
| FAMILY NAME | Weidman |
| SIGNATURE | WEIDMAN J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7143-076X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Higher education, gender, and job opportunities of engineering graduates in Ethiopia
Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career
The impact of higher education on unemployed Turkish people’s attitudes toward gender
Gender role conflict, professional role confidence, and intentional persistence in engineering students in China
In the current study, the relationship between gender role conflict, professional role confidence, and intentional persistence was examined using data from a survey of male and female Chinese engineering students. Intentional persistence was significantly associated with gender role conflict and professional role confidence; however, the pattern of associations differed for males and females. For male students, gender role conflict and profession…
Beyond the Comparative
The aim of the Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education Series is to produce edited and authored volumes on topics ranging from key international education issues, trends, and reforms to examinations of national education systems, social theories, and development education initiatives.Local, national, regional, and global volumes (single authored and edited collections) constitute the breadth of the series and offer potential…
The search for quality
Academic Disciplines
Using as a framework the of careers developed by John L. Holland, the authors of this volume examine the patterns of student stability and change inherent in the college experience, as well as the variations in professional attitudes and behaviors of college faculty. Their goal is to learn more about what colleges and universities might do to facilitate the retention, satisfaction, and learning of their students.For example, why should faculties …
Socialization of Doctoral Students to Academic Norms
Transition from Socialism and the Financing of Higher Education
Impacts of School Pressure, Conflict with Parents, and Career Uncertainty on Adolescent Stress in the Federal Republic of Germany
This is a study of the association between the success with which adolescents in the Federal Republic of Germany pass through a highly differentiated and stratified secondary school system (i.e., their educational careers) and status insecurity as manifested in both doubts about employment prospects following school completion and various types of socio-emotional distress. It draws upon data from a questionnaire survey of 1,717 adolescents aged 1…
How College Affects Students
Foreword 1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of the Research 2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College 3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject Matter Competence 4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth 5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt--Concept, and Self--Esteem 6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the External World 7. Attitudes and Values 8. Moral Development 9. Educational Attainme…
Early Careers of Undergraduate Humanities Majors
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaure M. SharpLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.John C. WeidmanLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and…
Problems in the Transition from School to Work for Adolescents in West Germany and the United States
Postsecondary "High-Tech" Training for Women on Welfare
John C. Weidman, Richard N. White, Postsecondary "High-Tech" Training for Women on Welfare: Correlates of Program Completion, The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 56, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1985), pp. 555-568
Postsecondary “High-Tech” Training for Women on Welfare
The Contexts of College Teaching
The school-to-work transition for high school dropouts
Undergraduates' Expectations and Images of College
309 undergraduate education majors' images of college measured by Semiprojective Scales of Institutional Evaluation were discussed within the framework of the expected educational outcomes, interactions with faculty and students' participation in academic affairs. Findings were interpreted with respect to their implications for students' socialization
Nonintellective Undergraduate Socialization in Academic Departments
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn C. WeidmanJohn C. Weidman is adjunct research associate, Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., and associate professor of higher education and sociology, University of Pittsburgh
How They Fared
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
Academic Disciplines
Using as a framework the of careers developed by John L. Holland, the authors of this volume examine the patterns of student stability and change inherent in the college experience, as well as the variations in professional attitudes and behaviors of college faculty. Their goal is to learn more about what colleges and universities might do to facilitate the retention, satisfaction, and learning of their students.For example, why should faculties …
The search for quality
Nonintellective Undergraduate Socialization in Academic Departments
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn C. WeidmanJohn C. Weidman is adjunct research associate, Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., and associate professor of higher education and sociology, University of Pittsburgh
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
The impact of higher education on unemployed Turkish people’s attitudes toward gender
Early Careers of Undergraduate Humanities Majors
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaure M. SharpLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.John C. WeidmanLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and…
The school-to-work transition for high school dropouts
Transition from Socialism and the Financing of Higher Education
How College Affects Students
Foreword 1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of the Research 2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College 3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject Matter Competence 4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth 5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt--Concept, and Self--Esteem 6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the External World 7. Attitudes and Values 8. Moral Development 9. Educational Attainme…
Postsecondary “High-Tech” Training for Women on Welfare
The Influence of Educational Attainment on Self-Evaluations of Competence
Findings from a national sample of 420 married adults indicate that educational attainment has a strong, positive association with self-evaluations of competence. This association remains after controls are introduced for family income and occupational prestige. The effects of high educational attainment are moderated to some extent, however, by low occupational prestige and to a lesser extent by high family income. These findings are interpreted…
How They Fared
Undergraduates' Expectations and Images of College
309 undergraduate education majors' images of college measured by Semiprojective Scales of Institutional Evaluation were discussed within the framework of the expected educational outcomes, interactions with faculty and students' participation in academic affairs. Findings were interpreted with respect to their implications for students' socialization
Nonintellective Undergraduate Socialization in Academic Departments
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn C. WeidmanJohn C. Weidman is adjunct research associate, Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., and associate professor of higher education and sociology, University of Pittsburgh
The Contexts of College Teaching
The school-to-work transition for high school dropouts
Postsecondary "High-Tech" Training for Women on Welfare
John C. Weidman, Richard N. White, Postsecondary "High-Tech" Training for Women on Welfare: Correlates of Program Completion, The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 56, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 1985), pp. 555-568
Postsecondary “High-Tech” Training for Women on Welfare
Problems in the Transition from School to Work for Adolescents in West Germany and the United States
Early Careers of Undergraduate Humanities Majors
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaure M. SharpLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.John C. WeidmanLaure M. Sharp is senior research scholar in the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and John C. Weidman is professor of education and…
Impacts of School Pressure, Conflict with Parents, and Career Uncertainty on Adolescent Stress in the Federal Republic of Germany
This is a study of the association between the success with which adolescents in the Federal Republic of Germany pass through a highly differentiated and stratified secondary school system (i.e., their educational careers) and status insecurity as manifested in both doubts about employment prospects following school completion and various types of socio-emotional distress. It draws upon data from a questionnaire survey of 1,717 adolescents aged 1…
How College Affects Students
Foreword 1. Studying College Outcomes: Overview and Organization of the Research 2. Theories and Models of Student Change in College 3. Development of Verbal, Quantitative, and Subject Matter Competence 4. Cognitive Skills and Intellectual Growth 5. Psychosocial Changes: Identity, Selt--Concept, and Self--Esteem 6. Psycholsocial Changes: Relating to Others and the External World 7. Attitudes and Values 8. Moral Development 9. Educational Attainme…
Transition from Socialism and the Financing of Higher Education
Socialization of Doctoral Students to Academic Norms
The search for quality
Academic Disciplines
Using as a framework the of careers developed by John L. Holland, the authors of this volume examine the patterns of student stability and change inherent in the college experience, as well as the variations in professional attitudes and behaviors of college faculty. Their goal is to learn more about what colleges and universities might do to facilitate the retention, satisfaction, and learning of their students.For example, why should faculties …
Beyond the Comparative
The aim of the Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education Series is to produce edited and authored volumes on topics ranging from key international education issues, trends, and reforms to examinations of national education systems, social theories, and development education initiatives.Local, national, regional, and global volumes (single authored and edited collections) constitute the breadth of the series and offer potential…
Gender role conflict, professional role confidence, and intentional persistence in engineering students in China
In the current study, the relationship between gender role conflict, professional role confidence, and intentional persistence was examined using data from a survey of male and female Chinese engineering students. Intentional persistence was significantly associated with gender role conflict and professional role confidence; however, the pattern of associations differed for males and females. For male students, gender role conflict and profession…
The impact of higher education on unemployed Turkish people’s attitudes toward gender
Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career
Higher education, gender, and job opportunities of engineering graduates in Ethiopia
Psychology (17 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works)