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A Comparison of Community College Responders and Non-Responders to the VEDS Student Follow-Up Survey.
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Carifio, James; And Others – 1987
In September 1984, a Vocational Education Data System (VEDS) follow-up survey was conducted of all 5,267 students who had graduated from Massachusetts public community colleges in 1982-83. Of these graduates, 1,881 (35.7%) returned the survey, and 3,386 (64.3%) did not. A subsequent study was conducted to compare the characteristics of survey…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Outcomes of Education
A Comparison of Community College Responders and Nonresponders to the VEDS Student Follow-Up Survey.
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Carifio, James; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A survey of respondents and nonrespondents to the Vocational Education Data System's follow-up survey of Massachusetts community college graduates was designed to measure response bias. The survey investigated employment patterns, wages, and degree of job relatedness. Results suggest original data was biased, if at all, toward underestimation, not…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Alternatives to Retention: If Flunking Doesn't Work, What Does?
Thomas, Anne Hill – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
This bulletin examines some questions that arise when children are not ready for promotion: Should they be retained? Who decides? Are there alternatives to retention? What is the effect of retention on the student? Despite research limitations, those who examine the studies on grade repetition say they show that grade retention does not have a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Cost Effectiveness