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…

A 21-year longitudinal study (1955-1976) was conducted on the educational and professional careers of men who specialized in engineering in Ontario, Canada. Data was collected from schools, universities, employers, and the subjects themselves. In 1956, 683 males and no females enrolled in university engineering courses. In general, the engineering…

Data and findings are presented from a 1980 follow-up survey of 3,505 students who graduated from Manitoba community colleges between August 1978 and July 1979. The report first provides information on the labor market outcomes of survey respondents, including employment status, earnings, average hours worked per week, relationship of job to…

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…

A survey of the 3,095 students who graduated from the three campuses of Manitoba Community College between August 1977 and July 1978 was conducted in summer 1979 to determine graduates' employment status, earnings, average hours worked per week, education/job relationship, and the location and type of their employment. Major findings, based on a…

The first round of a study of what happens to students after they leave Peel County (Ontario) secondary schools includes data from students who were in grade 11 in 1977-78 and 1979-80. A 10 percent sample (approximately 750 students in each group) was drawn from school records. Of these, 1,072 people (75 percent) were interviewed by telephone.…

A longitudinal follow-up study of career/technical students in British Columbia (BC) community colleges and technical institutes was conducted to determine the number of students who completed, withdrew from, or discontinued their studies; reasons for program non-completion; student opinions of the career/technical programs; and students'…

Information derived from a longitudinal follow-up survey of students in career/technical programs in British Columbia's (BC) community colleges and institutes is provided in this report. Introductory material provides a background on the post-secondary educational system in BC and highlights study objectives, including monitoring the number of…

The follow-up study of 2,101 students from occupational programs in Ontario secondary schools reported in this document is retrospective and longitudinal in nature. The study was intended to ascertain the effectiveness of the occupational program in enabling graduates to secure employment and to hold a job, and to assess the relation to and…