The purpose of the mobility study was to determine what number and percentage of secondary, postsecondary, and full-time adult graduates of vocational-technical programs in Oklahoma find or seek employment in the same geographic region of their graduation. It was also determined what number and percentage of graduates leave the region to seek…

The adult vocational training received by Indians under Public Law 959 was evaluated to determine benefits of institutional training programs and to develop manpower policy recommendations. Criteria of the evaluation included employment experience, income, labor force attachment, and benefit cost ratio. Of the approximately 670 Indians who…

Graduates of associate degree programs in Oklahoma who secured employment within and outside of the state were compared on their response to the following variables: (1) personal and socioeconomic background, (2) attitude toward Oklahoma, (3) attitude toward variables related to employment, (4) employment practices of employers, (5) economic…

The report presents the findings of followup surveys of secondary and postsecondary graduates of vocational-technical programs in Oklahoma from 1970 to 1974. The purpose of this study was to examine the post-training experiences of vocational-technical graduates the first, third, and fifth year after completing the training program. The…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISSERTATION, SUBMITTED TO OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, WAS TO INVESTIGATE VOCATIONAL SUCCESS DIFFERENCES IN FOUR GROUPS OF SUBJECTS AT THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT SCHOOL DROPOUT REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN 1965. AN EX POST FACTO DESIGN INVOLVED 162 SUBJECTS IN THREE CURRICULUMS (COMBINATION,…

This report presents data regarding employment and retention within Oklahoma of college graduates. Two specific issues addressed are: (1) the general productivity of the degree fields at the bachelor's and associate degree levels; and (2) the proportion of Oklahomans who receive these degrees and remain in the state over time. Both the academic…

An evaluation study assessed the part-time vocational training courses offered to adults by the Oklahoma State Department of Vocational and Technical Education for training or retraining purposes in order to prepare people for a new occupation. The three objectives were to determine if the present system of gathering followup data is adequate…

A comparative followup technique was used to assess sex nontraditional vocational training efforts in Oklahoma during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years. The dropout behavior, labor force participation, unemployment, training related employment, and wages of sex nontraditional and sex traditional students were compared. Training and labor…

Two methods used to collect follow-up data on vocational education graduates to determine their postgraduate occupational and educational activities are (1) to ask the graduates themselves and (2) to ask the teachers to report the status of their graduates. The objective of this study was to compare data that was collected using each method and…

The primary research objectives of the 44-month project were to determine the extent to which members of experimental and control groups would differ, after training in academic achievement, vocational achievement, personal-social characteristics, and job placement and job success. The subjects were unemployed or underemployed school dropouts,…

This study analyzed Oklahoma's completion status reports, student follow-up findings, employers' ratings, and wages of secondary and adult traditional and nontraditional students from vocational and technical education programs for fiscal years 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. (Complete statistical data calculations for each area analyzed are…