This report summarizes the followup and evaluation component of a project to establish and assess the effect of a mobile career exploration center in the rural school systems of the Des Moines Area Community College District. Methodology involved comparing the experimental group of 223 students who participated in the career exploration program…

A follow-up study was conducted of a 20 percent sample of secondary schools (77) and administrators in Iowa who had students who completed or left vocational programs during the 1984-85 school year. A student follow-up surveyed 1,945 students, and 153 employers were queried. Information was sought through a mailed survey. Student responses were…

The purpose of this review is to indicate the need for longtitudinal research to evaluate the significance of aspirations in predicting occupational attainment. Data for this study were collected from a longitudinal study of 152 males and females interviewed as high school seniors in 1948 and re-interviewed in 1956. The analysis of data suggests…

This document presents the findings of a Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) survey that asked employers to assess the skills of specific graduates employed and to provide detailed information about the jobs held by those graduates. The results were utilized to inform curricula decisions and satisfy a state program review mandate. Surveys…

QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 8,281 MALE GRADUATES OF 189 IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS FROM 1950 TO 1954 INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED GEOGRAPHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS TO THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE GRADUATES. THE FINAL POPULATION OF THE STUDY WAS 6,107 GRADUATES COMPOSED OF THOSE WHO HAD ENROLLED IN SIX OR MORE SEMESTERS…

A study was conducted by the Iowa State Department of Education to gather follow-up data on former students who completed employment-preparation programs at one of the 15 community colleges in Iowa during 1984-85. Study findings, based on college data and responses from 1,091 of a sample of 3,676 program completers and 444 of 583 employers of…

The goal of the 1980 Employment Project in Iowa was to expand nontraditional career options for women and high school girls. The two targeted areas were Des Moines and the Iowa Lakes Region. Project staff sponsored three meetings to help 237 women explore nontraditional jobs and training opportunities. Two intensive orientations to nontraditional…

A longitudinal study was conducted to determine the short-term (2-year), intermediate (5-year), and long-term (10-year) impact of earning a high school equivalency diploma by taking the General Educational Development (GED) Tests in Iowa. The random sample of 2,500 GED graduates was drawn from each time cohort (individuals who had passed the GED…

The Iowa Department of Education, in cooperation with the state's 15 community colleges and Drake University, completed an outcomes study of adult vocational training/retraining programs offered through the Adult and Continuing Education Divisions of the colleges. Study goals were to profile businesses served by the colleges, evaluate employer…

This comparative study was conducted for the Wisconsin Advisory Council on Vocational Education in an effort to identify strengths and weaknesses of program delivery and accomplishments of several States--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio--with a view towards making recommendations that would improve Wisconsin's total program…