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Budd, Diane M. – 1981
Phase 2 of a three-phase project examined the secondary education background and employment adjustment of handicapped youth in rural counties in Florida. (Phase 1 was a pilot study.) Subjects were former special education students in five rural project counties who had been identified as needing services in the area of educable mental retardation,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Background, Emotional Disturbances, Employment Patterns
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Woodrow Wilson Fellows and Dissertation Fellows elected between 1945 and 1971 were surveyed to trace their educational careers, judge the effectiveness of the selection process, and determine what they are now doing with their education. Some elements covered by other national studies were included to make possible a comparison of the Woodrow…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Educational Assessment, Fellowships, Followup Studies
Gee, Jerry Brooksher; Kilgore, Leonard L. – 1977
A study conducted at Louisiana State University was designed to: determine demographic characteristics of master's degree graduates in school administration in order to draw conclusions concerning identifying profiles; ascertain the extent to which the graduates perceived the courses of instruction in their academic preparation as relevant to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, College Graduates
Download full textNespoli, Lawrence A.; Nair, P. C. – 1979
An employer follow-up study was conducted by Howard Community College (HCC) in May, 1979, to determine the job performance of the HCC 1978 occupational program graduates. Only the employers of occupational graduates in full-time jobs related to their program of study were involved. These employers were asked, on a specially prepared questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Clagett, Craig A. – 1980
The criminal justice curriculum at Prince George's Community College emphasizes a broad social science education, designed to prepare students for immediate employment in law enforcement or for transfer to a four-year program. Program enrollments and student credit hours showed a similar pattern of growth in the mid-1970's, followed by a recent…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Employer Attitudes
Ellis, Susanne D. – 1980
A survey of 1978-79 graduate degree recipients in physics and astronomy was undertaken to determine the characteristics of students and employment opportunities. Information is presented on: employment offers for new physics masters and doctorate recipients, 1974-79; characteristics of the 1978-79 graduate physics student population, and of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Experience
DAVIS, LOWERY H. – 1966
NINE PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED THIS FOUR-PART HANDBOOK FOR OPERATING SUPERVISED OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. RESOURCE PERSONS FROM ADULT EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND HORTICULTURE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GROUP. PART 1 COVERS STEPS FOR ORGANIZING AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Community Relations, Community Surveys
Goetsch, David L. – 1981
Designed for use as a textbook for prospective vocational instructors or a handbook for practicing instructors, this guide provides information on the non-teaching responsibilities of the vocational instructor. Hundreds of hints, suggestions, strategies, techniques, and approaches for improving effectiveness, and numerous illustrations and sample…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Inservice Teacher Education
Nelken, Ira; And Others – 1980
The findings are presented of a study conducted for the California community colleges to describe and analyze accurate baseline data against which sex equity in vocational education programs could be measured. The components of the study are described first, including: (1) the use of Vocational Education Audit (VEA) form #48 to collect statistics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Enrollment Trends
Russell, C. Neil; And Others – 1978
A followup was conducted of 5,000 Manitoba, Canada, students who were part of a sample of approximately 11,000 twelfth-grade students who had been surveyed between 1971-72 and 1976-77 regarding their postsecondary aspirations and plans. Responses were obtained from about 3,000 of the 5,000 students. Data are presented on post-high school…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Aspiration, College Attendance, College Students
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1978
This manual contains information on two evaluation systems for occupational programs at California community colleges. For the first, COPES (Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System), which is a self-evaluation process, a guide is provided as well as a set of seven evaluation forms for the college president, faculty, counselors…
Descriptors: Classification, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Data Collection
Asche, F. Marion; O'Reilly, Patrick A. – 1979
In a four-section final report with its focus on methodology rather than on findings of particular follow-up studies, this project addresses two needs--to identify, review, and analyze vocational student and employer follow-up efforts at local, state, and federal levels, and to prepare training materials useful to individuals or groups at all…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Material Development
Nelson, Helen Y.; Jacoby, Gertrude P. – 1967
Materials used in the evaluation, reported in VT 004937, are included. Section A contains the test battery: (1) survey forms to determine attitudes toward work, (2) descriptive rating scales for employability management, safety, and sanitation, (3) descriptive rating scales for food service workers and child care aides, (4) tests of child care and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Caregivers, Evaluation Methods, Food Service
Francis, John Bruce; Jones, Griffith, III – 1976
The effectiveness of vocational education at New York State's public two-year colleges was investigated during spring 1976. Part one of the project was a follow-up study of 1970-71 and 1973-74 graduates to ascertain their success in job or transfer placement within fields for which they were trained, salary and job mobility patterns, and opinions…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
PDF pending restorationAnderson, Laura, Ed. – Regional Spotlight, News of Higher Education in the South, 1977
Questions posed about the practicality of postsecondary education have led many institutions to survey the graduates themselves. The Southern Regional Education Board report cites studies conducted by the University of North Carolina and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. The surveys concern the age of graduates, the type and amount of…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, Educational Benefits, Educational Research
