Summarizes findings from a study released by the Iowa Department of Education indicating that Iowans who earn General Educational Development (GED) certificates experience significant gains in employment, earnings, skill levels, and job satisfaction. (DMM)

A new study based on data from a national longitudinal study reveal that, although former students who competed in college athletics are doing better economically by age 32 than those who did not, the education the athletes received is of questionable quality. Some criticize the study's methodology and conclusions. (MSE)

A study was conducted by the Iowa State Department of Education to gather follow-up data on former students who completed employment-preparation programs at one of the 15 community colleges in Iowa during 1984-85. Study findings, based on college data and responses from 1,091 of a sample of 3,676 program completers and 444 of 583 employers of…

A study was conducted of a representative sample of 5,467 adult Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants who exited the program between July 1, 1985, and June 30, 1986 to determine the occupations in which male and female participants were trained and subsequently placed. Job skill level was classified as higher, moderate, or lower-level…

A study examined the effectiveness of five mandatory welfare employment programs in working with different segments of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload. The study considered programs in San Diego, California; Baltimore, Maryland; several counties in Virginia; Little Rock and another county in Arkansas; and Cook County…

A study analyzed the employment pattern of agricultural education graduates of the class of 1987, using part of the annual "National Study of the Supply and Demand for Teachers of Vocational Agriculture in the United States." All institutions of higher education in the United States that certified teachers of agriculture made up the study…

From November 1986 through February 1987, the Community College of Rhode Island's (CCRI's) Job Placement Office conducted a survey of the college's 1986 graduates to gather information on the employment status and approximate salary range of graduates who joined the work force and a list of colleges currently attended full-time by graduates who…

A study examined the effects of participation in a high school agricultural education program on occupational attainment. Using data collected in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, researchers compared the employment patterns and income of 6,585 individuals who had taken at least one semester of agricultural…

Attaining a bachelor's degree is one measure of the skills learned through college attendance, but in recent years, concern about the difficulties encountered by recent graduates in making the transition from college to work has grown. Data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics for April 1994 showed the following: (1) two-thirds…

A survey of graduates of a vision training residency investigated patterns in their practice location, gender, marital status, optometry schools attended, primary mode of practice, distribution of professional time, faculty affiliations, income, and association memberships. (MSE)

The Texas Automated Student and Adult Learner Follow-Up System was developed as part of a larger effort to improve and coordinate the delivery of education and training of a skilled work force. The primary task of the Follow-Up System in Program Year 1993-94 was to obtain outcome information on the former students and participants of the work…

In 1995, Cabrillo College was one of 18 California community colleges to participate in a pilot study on the uses of Unemployment Insurance (UI) wage record data for tracking employment rates of former community college students. The employment status of students who left the college in 1990 and 1991 was reported for their last year in college,…

Systematic knowledge about the dimensions and levels of literacy and information about its distribution are prerequisites for forming good educational policy. This issue discusses the conduct and findings of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The IALS was not intended to rank literacy skills across countries, but was intended to make…

This report presents data regarding employment and retention within Oklahoma of college graduates. Two specific issues addressed are: (1) the general productivity of the degree fields at the bachelor's and associate degree levels; and (2) the proportion of Oklahomans who receive these degrees and remain in the state over time. Both the academic…

An initial analysis of self-reported, formal, postschool job training and the labor market outcomes of that training in Great Britain, Australia, and the United States was made through a study of survey results in each of the countries. The data revealed that there is not one kind of training, but various kinds for different purposes, with…