The graduates had frequently been more successful than their fathers, in educational achievement but, in general, were entering occupations of similar status to those of their fathers (Filgueira 1983).

A recent survey has shown that Edinburgh graduates have entered occupations as diverse as investment analysis, banking, market research, business management, teaching and public administration.

The short answer is that, on average, women are still entering lower-paying occupations than men.

The plan would also give students the option to tie repayment to their future income - thereby eliminating the fear of bankruptcy for those who enter low-paid occupations.

During the Middle Ages, schools were established to teach Latin grammar, while apprenticeship was the main way to enter practical occupations.

Musicians, even at the more august orchestras, lined up for a summer of unemployment checks and variously taught, practiced, freelanced, entered other occupations or simply loafed.

Rapid changes in the occupational structure, facilitated by educational expansion, have increased the overall chances of entering higher-ranking occupations.

Between these groups same routine non-manual workers, supervisors, technicians and self-employed tradesmen; Their sons entered occupations evenly spread across the hierarchy.

Men are reluctant to enter female-dominated occupations because of this and similarly resist the entrance of women into male-dominated occupations.

Early graduates of WPI went on to become mechanical and civil engineers, as well as artisans, bankers, and enter other prominent occupations.