Sex roles, career aspirations, child care expectations, and birth intentions of selected college freshmen

Decisions regarding careers, marriage, children and the care of children are sufficiently complex to warrant a genuine dilemma for some college students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the birth intentions of male and female college freshmen and the relationships of those intentions to sex roles, career aspirations and preferences for various child care options. Relevant demographic and personal data were obtained from a questionnaire which also included the set of items from Dr. John Scanzoni\u27s sex role scale. The questionnaire was administered to a total of 715 randomly selected college freshmen from three California institutions: a community college, a state college, and a private university. The total response rate was approximately 90%. The collected data were analyzed using a computer program which produced descriptive information, several analyses of variance and a multiple regression. Where tests of hypotheses were performed, the level of rejection was set at .05. Most college freshmen intended to have two natural born children; women tended to desire slightly more children than men. Approximately 10% of the respondents intended to have no children and 17% intended to adopt one or more children. No differences in birth intentions based on kind of college attended, ethnic group, religion, parents\u27 educational or occupational background, or students\u27 career aspiration or child care expectation were found. The variables accounting for the most variance in the total size of intended family were the sex role score and the sex of the respondent. Those students who earned the least traditional sex role scores and those students who expected women to work continuously during adulthood intended smaller families. Sex differences were revealed in sex role scores, child care preferences, and expectations for women to work. Men earned more traditional sex role scores and were more likely to prefer that their children be cared for by a non-working mother. More women intended to work more often than men intended for their wives to work. It was also true that women were more likely to prefer that their children be cared for equally by fathers and mothers, and sometimes supplemented by child care. These results confirmed the trend toward smaller families and supported recent findings that sex roles are related to those intentions. The importance of sex roles was further demonstrated by the significant relationship between sex roles and students\u27 sex, child care preferences and expectations that women would work. The interpretation of these results suggested some potential difficulties for college students. Male and female expectations differed on most variables. Even women\u27s own expectations appeared to be contradictory in that they expected to work continuously, have children, and not use child care services to any great extent. At the very least, the implementation of those preferences would require considerable guidance from teachers and counselors and, most of all, substantial institutional changes. Further research in the identification, measurement and influence of sex roles was cited as necessary. The availability and implementation of child care preferences was also described as an area in need of further clarification. A final recommendation was that there is a need for longitudinal studies which identify college freshmen\u27s career and family intentions and the extent to which they put those intentions into practice during their early and middle adult years

Expedited Review of Capital Post-Conviction Claims: Idaho’s Flawed Process

The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”) is a federal attempt to expedite litigation in capital cases. Many states adopted unitary appeal systems in response to the AEDPA. Unitary systems consolidate the direct appeal and state post-conviction process. In Idaho, Idaho Code § 19-4908 establishes special proceedings for capital cases including a forty-two day limitation to present any claims. This article makes a critical analysis of Idaho’s capital post-conviction procedure

Is prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening indicated for any subgroup of men?

Although African American men, men with a first-degree relative with prostate cancer (CaP), and older men constitute higher-risk subgroups, no well-designed randomized controlled trials are available that show PSA testing to improve mortality or quality of life for these or any other groups of men. A trend toward detecting more localized cancers and a possible decreasing mortality rate from CaP in all men may be related to PSA testing, lead-time bias, or both. (Grade of recommendation: C, based on inadequate reference standards and an unclear clinical decision rule.

Exiting the pandemic: A Leadership Approach to Critical Engagement and Change

Navigating in uncertain times is an understatement for leaders in higher education. There is no playbook for today’s institutional challenges. Student needs, administrative requirements, faculty demands, and community relations all warrant to fresh look into how institutions address the risks that threaten business as usual. COVID-19 has challenged the status quo – shaking established methods of conducting and promoting higher education to its core. Do the higher education community and all it constitutes realize it? Will leadership in higher education take the necessary steps to bring all stakeholders together to shape the path to the future? To answer these questions, every leader in higher education from board members to faculty members needs to understand whether or not their institution possesses the characteristics and competencies to innovate, change and grow. Through our research, conversations, and observations we address the unconscious defenses which can challenge any institution and propose a Framework for Risk Classification in Higher Education consisting of nine risk dimensions. Getting through any crisis requires leaders to ask the right questions of the right people. The best leaders engage in a process that brings all stakeholders into focus, promotes an honest discussion to assess the current state of the organization, and collectively builds the bridge to the future. We present a series of critical questions for today’s leaders in higher education. These questions are centered in three areas: Institutional Purpose & Values, Stakeholder Engagement, and Operational Orientation

Space & Logistics in Support of the Space Industry: A Real Estate & Logistics Approach

“Space” Has Many Global Meanings The traditional meaning in this region is about exploration – rockets, astronauts, telescopes, rovers The four people sitting here today are about another kind of “space” We collectively have been engaged in creating great spaces to work, play, invent, manufacture For your kind of space business to grow – you need our kind of space and business development or you cannot attract first class manufacturers and logistics firms her

Does linguistic input play the same role in language learning for children with and without early brain injury?

Children with unilateral pre- or perinatal brain injury (BI) show remarkable plasticity for language learning. Previous work highlights the important role that lesion characteristics play in explaining individual variation in plasticity in the language development of children with BI. The current study examines whether the linguistic input that children with BI receive from their caregivers also contributes to this early plasticity, and whether linguistic input plays a similar role in children with BI as it does in typically developing (TD) children. Growth in vocabulary and syntactic production is modeled for 80 children (53 TD, 27 BI) between 14 and 46 months. Findings indicate that caregiver input is an equally potent predictor of vocabulary growth in children with BI and in TD children. In contrast, input is a more potent predictor of syntactic growth for children with BI than for TD children. Controlling for input, lesion characteristics (lesion size, type, seizure history) also affect the language trajectories of children with BI. Thus, findings illustrate how both variability in the environment (linguistic input) and variability in the organism (lesion characteristics) work together to contribute to plasticity in language learning

The Ursinus Weekly, November 16, 1953

Forum hears Norman Palmer talk on India • Honor system is MSGA topic at open discussion • U.C. group visits UN headquarters • Messiah features well-known soloists • Conditions in modern Austria revealed Monday by Thalburg • No easy answer seen by Chi Alpha Society • Faculty join students in show, Friday • Play polished by intense rehearsal • Music Club members attend harp concert • Dr. J. E. Wagner speaks, receives degree, Tuesday • High schools to tour campus • Doctors to appear at pre-med meeting • Dr. Yost presides at English lit reading • Pep talk on FTA affiliation given to campus members • Editorials: Education; Change in policy needed • Song and slogan spur Chest drive • Y sponsored work week commences November 30 • God and the atom to be coming attraction at vespers • Barbershop quartets present fine program • Beardwood Society plans field trip to exposition • Greek columns • Ursinus - F. & M. rivalry ends after fifty years • Variety of speakers highlight programs of past Founders Days • JVs lose second to strong Temple • Hockeyites down Temple in thrilling victory, 1-0 • Juniata defeats Bears for undefeated season • Cagemen initiate season tomorrow • Belles captain All-College teams • LaSalle defeats soccer team; Settles scores for Ursinus • Zartman, Settles, Dawkins score; Bakermen win, 6-2 • Writer satirizes sports jargonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1483/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 8, 1954

Central Comm. announces plans for May Day • Lorelei date set as Feb. 12 • Schools of Egypt, U.S. compared by education • Bridge tournament at U.C., Feb. 18 • Frosh-Soph hop theme for \u2754 is Mardi Gras • Meistersingers plan tour; Present first concert • Demonstration is planned for C.C. general meeting • Pre-meds sponsor hospital tours • Spaghetti, speaker, stunts at Y dinner Wednesday • Ruby nears completion; Shows promise at 1/3 mark • Forum features Irish lord; Godley to speak, Wed. • Reporter remarks on MSGA session • Second semester welcomes 23 to U.C. • Stevenson, Cross, Dawkins elected • U.C. Color Day Thursday; Mrs. Seth Baker to speak • U.C. men may question aviation cadet team, Tues. • Editorials: Fair chance; Barbs and bouquets • Chapel change: The facts • Alumni news • Engagement • Greek columns • Violent mid-January events motivate student expeditions to sunny South • How to torture waiters; Or, mealtime diversions • Swimming team drops opener • Dawkins and Padula win; But match is lost, 20 to 8 • Belles open with bang; Topple Rosemont, 51-21 • Badminton team loses opener, 5-0 • Sieb stars for alumni but youth triumphs, 86-67 • Sharp-shooting Drexel wins; Tops Bears, 81-53; Shoes has 19 • Varsity letter winners posted • Baby Belles down Rosemont, 38-15https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1487/thumbnail.jp