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ERIC Number: ED275811
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jun-30
Pages: 11
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
A Follow-Up Evaluation Project to Establish an Employer Data Base of the Counties Served by St. Johns River Community College. Final Report from October 1, 1985, to June 30, 1986.
Williams, O'Neal
Because of the poor response rate to St. Johns River Community College's follow-up surveys on program completers, the college decided to develop a postcard format survey form in the hope of improving survey response rates. After reviewing a similar follow-up survey postcard used by another two-year college in Florida, the project staff settled on a perforated postcard that contained a message to the program completer and the prestamped address of the school on one side and a set of survey questions and space for the completer's address on the other side. A 50 percent increase in the survey response rate was noted with the first mailing of the new postcard survey instrument. Data from the returned postcards were incorporated into a database of employers in the tricounty area that includes the types of degrees and certificates required for the jobs offered by the different employers. A computer program was developed to allow students to identify potential employers of specific program completers in the college's degree and certificate programs, and efforts to make the database available to students currently enrolled in programs at the college are underway. When completed, the database will allow students to enter a training program, search for potential employers one county at a time, and obtain a printout of employers identified during the search. (Appendixes to this report include the Florida state legislative mandate for placement standards and an employer data worksheet.) (MN)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education.
Authoring Institution: Saint Johns River Community Coll., Palatka, FL.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A