Results supported other researchers' findings that the Engineer scale on the SVIB is no longer an adequate measure of engineers' interests. (Author)

Vermont Technical College's (VTC's) graduating class of 1987 has attained a 100% placement rate, marking the third consecutive year that every VTC graduate has found employment, continued his/her education, or entered the military. This report offers follow-up data on the 182 men and women of the class of 1987, broken down by degree major. In…

Discusses the problems involved when employers are asked to rate graduates of vocational programs. Suggests that school systems adopt their own "forced-choice" scale to improve rating procedures. (HMV)

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO REVEAL WHAT HAPPENS TO ENGLISH MAJORS AFTER GRADUATION, TO SEPARATE AND EXPLORE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IN THEIR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SIGNIFICANT TRENDS OR PATTERNS EMERGE. THE SAMPLE POPULATION WAS COMPOSED OF 98 MEN AND 76 WOMEN WHO HAD RECEIVED THE A.B. DEGREE IN ENGLISH BETWEEN…

This report presents data obtained from Project Talent (a longitudinal study designed to achieve a better understanding of the career plans and career development of young adults). In 1960 400,000 students in grades nine through twelve were administered a battery of specially constructed tests and inventories which collected data about their…

Antelope Valley Community College, in one of its efforts to improve educational offerings, commissioned the institutional research officer to develop a technical vocational occupation follow-up system. This report is a description of the results of the survey used to evaluate technical vocational occupation success from 1967 to 1972. (Author/SGM)

Effects of followup services (number of clients still employed at placements and employee retention rate) on 234 disadvantaged manpower program participants were studied in an eastern metropolitan Concentrated Employment Program. An organizational team approach (fellow employee, supervisor, and personnel manager) is proposed as a supportive…

As part of a follow-up study of vocational school students, the relationship between training and occupational placement was assessed using the coding scheme from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. (Author)

Uses interviews conducted in 1974 and 1994 to investigate the vocational experiences of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Participants had received a spinal cord injury 22-45 years previously. Results revealed that all but seven of the participants had been in remunerative employment. Work experiences, comprehensive rehabilitation service,…

A study of employment rates of 1992 technology education graduates from State University of New York-Oswego (n=249) looked at vacancies and salaries, concluding that high school students should be encouraged to enter the technology teacher education program. (JOW)

In this study a survey of alumni (N=68) with bachelor's degrees in psychology graduating in the past 10 years from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UW-P) was conducted. The results of the study indicated that the majority of graduates began their careers in the clinical/counseling field, but as time progressed the majority of them were…

A SAMPLE OF 528 FARMERS WHO HAD BEEN ENROLLED IN INSTRUCTIONAL ON-FARM TRAINING FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES TO FARM SUCCESS AND TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPONENT TO FARM SUCCESS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRE…

To evaluate the effectiveness of Manpower Development and Training Act programs in Utah in terms of graduates' job success and employer and trainee attitudes, 105 graduates and their employers were surveyed. Usable responses from a third of the graduates and half the employers proved the training to be quite effective. Because of inadequate…