We shall analyse the different characteristics of entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and employees in public, private and non-profit organisations, based on a sample of young European higher education graduates. Using graduates self-assessment from a survey, several sets of characteristics such as social-demographic traits, educational and…

This article contains the results of a study which showed men who had participated in intercollegiate athletics had fared as well or better in their ability to earn money than those men who had not taken part in the intercollegiate athletic program. (RC)

This report summarizes the followup and evaluation component of a project to establish and assess the effect of a mobile career exploration center in the rural school systems of the Des Moines Area Community College District. Methodology involved comparing the experimental group of 223 students who participated in the career exploration program…

The purpose of this review is to indicate the need for longtitudinal research to evaluate the significance of aspirations in predicting occupational attainment. Data for this study were collected from a longitudinal study of 152 males and females interviewed as high school seniors in 1948 and re-interviewed in 1956. The analysis of data suggests…

Reports findings from a study conducted in Alabama to compare the validity of two sources of follow-up data for secondary agribusiness program completors, from vocational agriculture teachers, and from the former students. Includes recommendations for similar periodical studies and for teacher education programs. (MF)

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…

A survey of four-year colleges' and universities' graduate follow-up procedures was conducted to (1) establish what type of follow-up systems are used, (2) determine what commitment the administration of the institutions has to implementing a graduate follow-up system, (3) determine to what extent the institutions are planning changes in their…

The college careers of freshmen entering Fall 1960 day sessions at City, Brooklyn, Hunter and Queens Colleges of City University were studied to ascertain how many succeeded in attaining a college degree, how many dropped out, and why. Of the 7,848 freshmen admitted at the 4 colleges, 48% graduated within 4 years and 71% within 7 years from the…

A longitudinal study began with a sample of Missouri graduates from the class of 1981 and extended over a five-year period. Thirteen area vocational-technical schools along with their corresponding sending high schools participated. A strict random sampling procedure produced roughly equivalent samples, one of vocational graduates and a second of…

This study reviews the literature of marketing programs and classifies it into the following categories: (1) studies related to the General College of the University of Minnesota, (2) studies related to comparing background characteristics of college populations, (3) studies related to post-high school distributive education programs, and (4)…

A followup study was conducted of all 493 William Rainey Harper College students who achieved alumni status (48 hours or more or a degree) during the 1974-75 academic year in a career field. Between 279 returns to a mailed survey instrument, and 134 telephone interviews, a total of 413 responses were gathered, an 83.8 percent response rate. About…

Wages and salaries are influenced by many factors, including the employer's perception of the productivity and availability of workers with different levels of education. They are also affected by economic conditions in the industries that typically employ workers with different levels of education. Annual earnings are influenced by the number of…

The study compared graduates of cooperative vocational education programs and graduates of in-school vocational-technical education programs in 12 Missouri secondary schools to determine their annual earnings differences, the benefit/cost ratios of the programs, and the relationship of selected socio-demographic variables to earnings. Cooperative…

A job-oriented program emphasizing application to the specific occupation of tool design was compared with a field-oriented program intended to give a broad basic preparation for a variety of jobs in the field of mechanical technology. Both programs were conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) for a period of 52 weeks.…

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,…