In 1995, the three colleges in California's Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) surveyed 6,151 former students from 1993-94 to gather information on student outcomes and characteristics. This report presents Volume II of the survey results, providing four brief analyses of the responses presented in Volume I. The first report provides a…

This report provides data on public and private high school graduates and dropouts in Kentucky. The introduction contains tables and graphs comparing the career directions (attending college or trade school, military, working, at home, unemployed, deceased, homemakers, and unknown) of Kentucky graduates in 1968 and 1983 and enrollment patterns…

A study compared the academic achievement and job market success of academically and/or economically disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged vocational education students. Data from student records and transcripts and employer follow-ups were collected on 2,191 students enrolled in vocational majors in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Students were classified…

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…

Since 1990, California's College of the Canyons (CoC) has conducted annual surveys of graduates from its Registered Nursing (RN) program. Between 1990 and 1994, surveys were sent to 193 RN graduates, with completed questionnaires received from 124 alumni. An analysis of responses for each year revealed the following: (1) 91.7% of the respondents…

This paper summarizes results of followup-surveys of 1994, 1991, 1988, and 1984 graduates of Illinois public universities to determine whether baccalaureate graduates found jobs; to what extent they pursued additional education; whether they found work in areas related to their majors; and how satisfied they were with both the university and their…

Since May 1991, College of the Canyons (CoC) in California, has conducted annual surveys of the registered nursing graduates. As of May 1994, 160 surveys have been distributed and 100 completed surveys have been received. An analysis of responses over the 4-year period and comparisons between years indicate the following: (1) 87.9% of the…

This report presents data on the occupational and educational experiences of graduates approximately 1 year following graduation based on a nationally representative sample of 16,172 bachelor's degree recipients during the during the 1989-90 academic year. The report is divided into two sections. The first section presents an overview of principal…

Every two years, community college graduates in Maryland are surveyed concerning their experiences in college and their subsequent educational and work activities. In spring 1990, all 765 1989-90 graduates of Catonsville Community College (CCC) were surveyed. Survey results, based on a 45% usable response rate, included the following: (1) survey…

This report contains the results of the ninth application of the Tennessee Technological University Teacher Evaluation Model and an overview of previous reports that have been conducted since 1973. Information on graduates of the teacher education program is used for curriculum evaluation and long range planning. In the first chapter, data…

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,…

A comparative study of the alumni of 12 cooperative and 12 noncooperative education programs examined the following facets of career development: Views toward undergraduate career preparation, characteristics of first full-time job, and characteristics of current employment situation. In addition, the mail questionnaire measured differences in…

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships which exist between various predictor measures obtained on students while in training at private post-high school trade, technical, and business schools and a particular global definition of vocational success. The data were collected from 518 students who responded to mailed…

As part of a review of management curricula, William Rainey Harper College in Illinois conducted a study of both former transfer and former career students in the management program. In spring 1995, surveys were sent to 248 former business transfer students and to 123 former career management students enrolled in the past 5 years, requesting…

Instead of relying on graduates' perceptions of their educational experiences a year or more after graduation, Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, decided to survey students applying for graduation about their recent experiences. Questionnaires were sent to all 1,450 graduating students in the 1992-93 academic year, with 872 returning…