A survey of former students from graduate programs in Educational Curriculum and Instruction and in Educational Psychology at Texas A & M University sought to determine graduates' employment patterns and professional profiles and their perceptions concerning the effectiveness of their programs. Fifty-two percent of the graduates responded to…

This inquiry was conducted to: (1) examine potential interactions among characteristics of survey subjects and incentives to enhance mail returns with the quality of subject responses assessed in terms of response patterns; and (2) obtain perceptions of former students on the emphasis to place on pedagogical concepts and principles in teacher…

The development and documentation of procedures to conduct a comprehensive follow-up survey in addition to the compilation of the perceptions of recent graduates regarding the quality of their preparation for teaching were the goals of this investigation. The sample consisted of 196 1973-74 graduates of teacher preparation programs under the aegis…

A follow-up survey of secondary education graduates from three preparation programs was conducted. Information regarding program quality indicates that graduates from agricultural education ranked their preparation as adequate, while graduates from industrial education and curriculum and instruction ranked parts of their program in need of review…