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Download full textDallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 2000
According to this document, a central measure of institutional effectiveness is how well individuals who receive a Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) education perform in the workplace. A survey was mailed to employers who register with the DCCCD Job Bank to recruit from the colleges. A total of 540 employers were mailed the survey…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment, Job Skills
Olkun, Sinan; Simsek, Hasan – 1999
The school-to-work transition process of a vocational-technical high school in Ankara, Turkey was assessed from the perspectives of graduates and employers. Data were collected through interviews with 126 of the school's graduates and 18 of their employers. Results showed that in students' vocational choice, future employment anxiety was more…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Connor, Helen; Pollard, Emma – 1996
The jobs and career paths of graduates of the University of Sussex in 1991-1993 were examined in a 1994 follow-up survey. Of the nearly 2,000 first-degree graduates contacted, 1,023 (56%) completed questionnaires. Within 6 months of graduation, only 2 of 5 respondents were in permanent jobs, 19% were in short-term or temporary employment, and 24%…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Gaither, Dick; Baker, John – 1991
An Indianapolis (Indiana) project gave disadvantaged junior high and high school students summer jobs in various departments of a Veterans' Administration hospital. The project combined work with at least 1 hour per day of computerized instruction in basic mathematics and language, work maturity, and specific job competencies. Rules were strict,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Aune, Elizabeth; And Others – 1992
This bibliography offers abstracts of 41 publications and journal articles (published from 1988 through 1991) addressing career development, employment issues, and trends for college students and graduates with disabilities. A review of the literature in each of these areas identifies such themes as: the need for individualized career development;…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Conklin, Karen A. – 1990
Johnson County Community College, a suburban Kansas community college, conducted annual one-year and three-year follow-up studies of career program completers and their employers. The college used the follow-up studies as a component of an institutional effectiveness assessment program, the purpose of which is to elicit evaluations of college…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys
Head, Ronald B. – 1990
In 1990, a survey was conducted to evaluate the occupational success of Piedmont Virginia Community College's (PVCC's) 1987-88 graduates. On a graduate follow-up survey, 62 graduates (48.1%) consented to having their employers surveyed. Of the 62 employers contacted, 56 completed and returned valid surveys, asking for an evaluation of the PVCC…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Minnesota High School Follow-Up. Class of 1985: One Year Later. Trend Data: 1978-1986. Follow-Up 86.
Sedey, John M. – 1987
This publication presents a summary of a study of senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1985. Chapter 1 discusses the follow-up system. Chapter 2 describes selected characteristics of the 126 schools reporting follow-up data, presents a statewide summary of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Experience, Employer Attitudes
Passmore, David L. – 1987
A study used the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Force Experience Youth Cohort to determine the labor market consequences for young people of acquiring a General Educational Development (GED) degree in 1985. Three major consequences of receiving a GED were examined: labor force participation, employment status, and hourly wages. The…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Entry Workers, High School Equivalency Programs
Montemayor, J. Joaquin; And Others – 1985
In January 1985, Glendale Community College (GCC) began a student follow-up system of data collection called TEX-SIS (Texas Student Information System) designed to evaluate instruction as well as student satisfaction with programs. Five major areas dealing with students were studied: student educational intent, student withdrawal (course, college,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Employer Attitudes
Adult Education Linkage Services, Troy, PA. – 1987
A study examined the attitudes of Pennsylvania employers toward General Educational Development (GED) programs and the employment experiences of persons who have earned a GED certificate. The first of the study's surveys was mailed to 100 employers (including the 50 largest) throughout the state. Based on the surveys returned, the study sample was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Credibility, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Rumberger, Russell W.; Daymont, Thomas N. – 1982
This study examines whether differences in high school curricula lead to differences in labor market opportunities for persons who complete 10 to 12 years of schooling and acquire no postsecondary training. Data were gathered beginning in 1979 from a national longitudinal survey of youth. Researchers studied detailed information on coursework…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, General Education
Frazier, Don – 1981
The major purpose of this study was to identify unique effects of cooperative vocational education. This interim report is of results of the analyses of existing data bases. Comparisons of cooperative and non-cooperative vocational programs are made on the following variables: enrollments by age, sex and race, school status, work status,…
Descriptors: Age, Cooperative Education, Employer Attitudes, Enrollment
Conklin, Karen A. – 2001
This paper presents the results of a follow-up study of students who completed a Johnson County Community College (JCCC) (Kansas) career program. Of 699 students on a list of completers, 465 returned surveys for an adjusted response rate of 67%. Of 176 potential respondents who were employers of students, 124 returned surveys for an adjusted…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2007
Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges document their performance in meeting the needs of their stakeholders against fourteen core indicators: (1) Student Goal Attainment; (2) Persistence; (3) Degree Completion Rates; (4) Placement Rate in the Workforce; (5) Employer Assessment of Students; (6) Licensure/Certification Pass Rates; (7)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Indicators, Goal Orientation, Educational Attainment
