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Expectations about jobs held by 77 undergraduates in the Leisure Services and Studies Department at Florida State University were studied. A basis for the study was the finding that 10-60 percent of leisure services practitioners leave the field within 2 years of graduation. It was hypothesized that the students' expectations about job characteristics would be different from reality. While 55 percent expected to be employed in a resort-commercial type agency, only 8.5 percent of the graduates were employed by this type of agency. Approximately 49 percent stated a desire to assume a programming position, while only 26 percent of the graduates were employed in a position of this nature. Followup discussions with students in this area suggested a concept of the field of practice to be one of distinct job specialization with little overlapping of duties. The expectations of current students concerning their initial salary indicates a third area of possible dissatisfaction with their employment in the field. Present students underestimated the possibility of their being employed in a position paying less than $10,000. Students held expectations of salaries that were higher than they were likely to obtain. (SW)

Examination of mechanical properties of tungsten sheet at very high temperatures