Graduate tracer studies have come to represent one of the key approaches for enhancing study programme effectiveness in contemporary higher education. This has led to a surge in graduate tracer studies by Ghanaian higher education institutions. However, reflective practices on challenges and lessons from these studies are lacking. Through…

Mandatory internships are implemented in higher education curricula in order to ease the labour market integration of graduates. This article evaluates the utility of mandatory internships in Germany by assessing the effect on graduates' transition from higher education to work. The authors examine whether these compulsory programmes provide extra…

Presents a brief rationale for selected aspects of program evaluation in counselor education. A brief description of instrument development, evaluation program objectives, and instrument uses and additional evaluation program components concludes with the presentation of a graduate follow-up instrument. (Author/JAC)

This study examines effects of the School-to-Work Group Method among 17-25-year-old young people facing the transition from vocational college to work. After baseline measurement (N=416) participants were randomized into experimental and control groups. The results of ten month follow-up (N=334) showed notable beneficial impacts of the group…

A questionnaire was sent to 97 Indiana University School of Education students who had participated in the Block Program during 1980 to 1982 to ascertain their employment situations. The Block Program option, for junior or senior year students, is characterized by: (1) team instruction and program flexibility; (2) articulated study in program…

This report on student educational outcomes is based on 1982/83 surveys of 1978 through 1982 graduates of programs at the Genesee Valley Regional Center (n=135) and the Metropolitan Regional Center of the Empire State College (ESC) (n=144) of New York. The report reflects information concerning graduates' current employment circumstances, graduate…

This study examined the satisfaction of master of education degree recipients with the Frostburg State College graduate program. Respondents were asked to evaluate the effects of their program experience on their personal growth and on their occupational performance. From 60 to 95 percent of evaluative ratings across items were positive.…

A 40-item questionnaire was used to collect data in a study that (1) profiled speech communication education graduates of Arkansas colleges and universities from 1975 through 1980, (2) characterized their teaching positions during this time, and (3) determined the nature, effectiveness, and value of the speech communication methods course they…

Semi-structured telephone interviews were used to gather follow-up data on students who completed the 1977-1979 Morning Star cycle two program, a community-based Native teacher education program at the Blue Quills Native Education Centre leading to a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta. Of the 24 students who completed…

As part of a review of management curricula, William Rainey Harper College in Illinois conducted a study of both former transfer and former career students in the management program. In spring 1995, surveys were sent to 248 former business transfer students and to 123 former career management students enrolled in the past 5 years, requesting…

A descriptive study was conducted of the career status of the graduates of the Adult and Community Education (ACE) program of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A questionnaire was developed and sent to 238 graduates and active students of the program, asking about the kinds of careers being pursued, the salaries being earned, and the perceived…

Research was conducted to determine areas of strengths and weaknesses of the Food Service/Hospitality Management program of Ferris State University (Michigan). The study examined graduates' perceptions of the preparation they received and of the adequacy of their preparation for the hospitality industry. A literature review focused on strategies…

This report contains the results of the 10th application of the Tennessee Technological University Teacher Evaluation Model and an overview of the previous reports on the model conducted since 1973. Information on graduates of the teacher education program is used for curriculum evaluation and long-range planning. In the first chapter, purposes…

A study investigated whether graduates of cooperative education programs, especially those who remain with a former co-op employer, report a greater sense of power in their jobs than other new college hires. Two mechanisms by which cooperative education might lead to this outcome were hypothesized: better organizational socialization and greater…

The extent to which 148 teachers felt that their training programs prepared them to teach students with special needs was examined. A questionnaire was developed to ascertain whether teachers were able to carry out reponsibilities mandated through the passing of Public Law 94-142. Respondents were asked to rate their overall preparation and…