Responding to surveys by the State Council on Vocational Technical Education, Minnesota's technical institutes identified 1,169 of their students who graduated during the 10-year period prior to 1984 and who subsequently established or purchased business enterprises. The collection and analysis of these data represented key steps by the Council,…

An assessment of the reliability of the followup questionnaire given to 715 graduates of the postsecondary Minnesota Area Vocational-Technical Institutes is presented. The questionnaire was designed to gather information that would facilitate decision making concerning vocational programs. Reliability was based on the consistency of group…

During 1975, seventy-seven secondary schools participated in this project to assess the post-high school educational and employment status of about one-third of the high school class of 1974 in Minnesota. The assessment procedure was developed and tested by the Minnesota Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) in order to…

Because of concern that too many graduates of seven postsecondary vocational institutes in southwestern Minnesota were migrating from the area to seek employment elsewhere, a study was conducted to determine who migrates, the reasons for migration, and the number of graduates migrating. Migrants were defined as vocational institute graduates who…

Following up a 1987 study that had identified 1,169 entrepreneurial graduates of Minnesota's technical institutes from the 10-year time period prior to 1984, a study was conducted to determine how Minnesota's technical institutes presently promote entrepreneurial competence for their students and how they can help future students. Questionnaires…

This publication presents a summary of the research obtained from senior high schools in Minnesota using the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1986. A total of 126 (out of 150) high schools sought information from 20,930 students, with a 70 percent useable response rate (N=14,674). Following the first…

This investigation into the "reasonable" expectations for post high school employment and education effects of secondary school vocational education makes use of follow-up data to focus on (1) the process of measuring the difference made by secondary vocational education and (2) the likely difference made in Minnesota. (Author)

This publication presents a summary of a study of senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1985. Chapter 1 discusses the follow-up system. Chapter 2 describes selected characteristics of the 126 schools reporting follow-up data, presents a statewide summary of the…

The main purpose of a followup of Minnesota area postsecondary vocational-technical institute graduates was to determine what happens to graduates after they leave school. Information obtained from graduates and their employers allows school personnel to judge the effectiveness of their programs and how they might be improved. Experience with the…

A study focused on the use of followup data to analyze the employment and further education effects of vocational education at the secondary level in Minnesota. The data source was the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up system and the ninety-eight secondary schools which participated in the system and followed up students from the class of 1978.…

In 1992, surveys of the educational and employment status of 1991-1992 Associate of Arts degree program graduates were conducted by the seven community colleges in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota: Anoka-Ramsey, Cambridge Center, Inver Hills, Lakewood, Minneapolis, North Hennepin, and Normandale. All the colleges used the same survey…

In fall 1992, a survey was conducted of two subgroups of students who had enrolled for less than six credits in one of the seven community colleges in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota during fall quarter 1990, and who had not re-enrolled as of fall quarter 1992. The two subgroups surveyed included those classified as "completers"…

A survey was conducted of a random sample of students who had enrolled in one of the seven community colleges in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota in spring 1992, but who did not return in fall 1992. A total of 300 students from each of the colleges (i.e., Anoka-Ramsey, Cambridge Center, Inver Hills, Lakewood, Minneapolis, North Hennepin,…

This publication presents a summary of the research obtained from senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1987. Data were collected from 84 high schools, plus a sampling of Minneapolis, with responses received from 10,705 students (76.8% of those surveyed). Of the…

In 1991, followup studies of the employment and educational status of 1990-1991 occupational program graduates were conducted by the seven community colleges in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota: Anoka-Ramsey, Cambridge Center, Inver Hills, Lakewood, Minneapolis, North Hennepin, and Normandale. While the colleges used different questionnaire…