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Ellard, Charles John – 1974
This study investigates the post-high school influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) on the earning capacity of participatns in Houston, Texas. The influence of NYC participation is investigated employing a methodology of a control group design together with data analyses using multiple regression and analysis of covariance. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation, High School Students, Income
Guerra, Roberto S.; Schulman, Sam – 1974
Evaluation and documentation of the type and quality of occupational training that is available to minority high school students was presented in this study. The school-to-work transition for a tri-ethnic population (black, Anglo, and Mexican American) was compared three different ways--among ethnic groups, within ethnic groups by vocational…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks, Career Education
Kuvlesky, William P.; Ohlendorf, George W. – 1966
The major purpose of this paper is to provide information about occupational status orientations of Negro youth through analysis of data obtained from a recent study of high school sophomores residing in Texas. The specific objective of the research was to explore rural and urban differences among Negro boys on the following aspects of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Planning, Economic Status
Guerra, Roberto S. – 1974
"Vocational Education in Texas High Schools: An Ethnic Comparison", was initiated in March 1973 and continued through the summer of 1974 when all project reports were completed; this is a summary and conclusion of the entire study. Among the major goals were to: document and describe the experiences and aspirations of a large sample of…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Blacks, Career Education
Venegas, Moises; Kuvlesky, William – 1975
Based on comparative data from two 1973 studies, this study examined whether or not the occupational and educational status projections and language usage patterns of Mexican American teenagers living in a large metropolitan area differed from those of teenagers living in isolated, relatively small nonmetropolitan places. The two separate, but…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1981
A 1973 study of 341 Mexican American nonmetropolitan high school sophomores in South Texas and 300 Mexican American sophomores and seniors in El Paso high schools and a 1978-79 replication study of 89 metropolitan and 65 nonmetropolitan Mexican American youth explored the difference in their Spanish-English language usage patterns. Both studies…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Grade 10, Grade 12