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Schneider, Mark – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
"Return on Investment, What is the Value of the Associate Degree?" provides a checklist of high-impact practices that colleges can employ to support students on their journey to degree completion and potentially improved employment outcomes. Mark Schneider, vice president and institute fellow, American Institutes for Research (DC),…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Educational Practices, Bachelors Degrees
Rothwell, Jonathan – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Senior Economist Jonathan Rothwell of Gallup, presents data on employment outcomes for college graduates from different types of colleges. He also provides findings from the Gallup-USA Funds Associate Degree Graduates Survey which shows there are a number of student experiences that are highly predictive of overall life-evaluation. He cites the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Associate Degrees, Career Readiness, Program Effectiveness
Knight, G. Diane; And Others – 1980
A random sample of 542 1979 University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) bachelor's degree recipients was surveyed six months after graduation to determine: (1) general characteristics on educational status, employment status, degree of satisfaction with educational experience and career planning, use of career planning resources, and current career…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bachelors Degrees, Career Planning, College Graduates
Burkheimer, Graham J.; Novak, Thomas P. – 1981
A summary is presented of some of the results from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School of 1972, which examined the vocational activities, plans, aspirations, and attitudes of young adults after they leave high school, along with their postsecondary experiences and family and community activities. By October 1979, about one-fourth of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bachelors Degrees, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Devereaux, M. S.; Rechnitzer, Edith – 1980
The 1978 employment situation of Canadian men and women who earned college degrees in 1976 was studied through a survey of 92,399 respondents. Tables, charts, and brief narratives are presented on the following areas: educational and social characteristics, motivation, employment history, employment status, relationship af job to education, nature…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Career Choice, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Spratley, Ernell; Johnson, Ayah; Sochalski, Julie; Fritz, Marshall; Spencer, William – 2001
The characteristics, education, employment patterns, salaries, job satisfaction, and other characteristics of registered nurses (RNs) across the United States were examined in a national survey. Of the initial sample of approximately 54,000 of the nation's more than 3,066,000 licensed RNs, 35,579 RNs (72%) submitted usable responses. From 1980 to…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Colleges