Background: Teachers play a prominent role in facilitating the integration of engineering into school instruction. There is an extensive body of literature that has addressed the delivery of engineering teacher professional development programs. A few studies have summarized the features of engineering teacher professional development programs,…

Uses interviews conducted in 1974 and 1994 to investigate the vocational experiences of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Participants had received a spinal cord injury 22-45 years previously. Results revealed that all but seven of the participants had been in remunerative employment. Work experiences, comprehensive rehabilitation service,…

Context: Founded in 1971 with state funding to increase the number of primary care physicians in rural Minnesota, the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) has graduated 1,175 students. Third-year medical students are assigned to primary care physicians in rural communities for 9 months where they experience the realities of rural practice with…

A variety of strategies for surviving in professional and personal worlds are described. The recommendation is to be aware of self and others as well as dynamics of interpersonal situations. Valuing oneself and reasonably evaluating and modifying professional and personal behavior helps ensure productivity and success. (Author)

This report on student educational outcomes is based on 1982/83 surveys of 1978 through 1982 graduates of programs at the Genesee Valley Regional Center (n=135) and the Metropolitan Regional Center of the Empire State College (ESC) (n=144) of New York. The report reflects information concerning graduates' current employment circumstances, graduate…

A study of the labor market for college graduates in Australia is examined and evaluated, and its implications for curriculum and administrative planning in higher education are discussed. It is concluded that such data collection should be widely undertaken in the future. (MSE)

A review of enrollments, graduates, and costs for Mozambique secondary technical schools and the results of a follow-up employment survey conducted at graduate reunion parties indicate low internal and external efficiency and high unit costs in the technical education system, particularly "basic" technical schools. Three possible types…

The purposes of this project were to identify, review, and analyze student and employer follow-up efforts and to synthesize findings into a review of and synthesis document (reported here) and a vocational follow-up training manual (CE 022 288). The central focus of the project was on methodology rather than findings. The review was restricted to…

Reviews research showing the effects of community college vocational education on program graduates' employability and income. Cites studies revealing women and minorities concentrated in programs for low-paying occupations. Warns of the problems in overemphasizing high technology and contract training programs. (AYC)

A study was conducted to determine the effects of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) approved training on the income and job satisfaction of its graduates. It was designed to determine whether participants in approved training programs did go on to careers that were monetarily and psychologically more rewarding. A group of 28 persons (14 males…

This study compared the careers of women who graduated from all-girls independent secondary schools to the careers of those who graduated from comparable coeducational schools, in order to determine if there are differences between the career choices of these two groups. Comparisons were made of the number of women in each of 10 traditionally-male…

This review of the literature on employer satisfaction with vocational education graduates is based on a search for representative studies with different methodologies and from different sources. Observations made are organized into four basic categories: (1) theoretical considerations in conducting research; (2) methodological considerations in…

This study examines whether equity graduates (Aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities) of Canadian community colleges achieve employment outcomes that are equivalent with non-equity graduates. There appear to be differences in employment rates and earnings of Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal people, of men…

This report looks at trends from 1973 to 1993 in new science and engineering doctoral degree recipients' post-graduation plans in order to note changes in the proportion planning postdoctoral appointments (postdocs). Examination of this question found that between 1973 and 1993 the proportion of doctoral graduates with "definite plans" at the time…

This paper reviews a sample of follow-up studies conducted by community colleges to determine the employment experiences of occupational program graduates. Part I discusses the types of follow-up studies conducted, including institutional follow-up studies of graduates from individual vocational programs, of all vocational graduates, and of…