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Download full textGell, Robert L.; Jones, Robert F. – 1975
As part of a student follow-up system, a survey was conducted of employers of 1973-74 career program graduates of Montgomery College (MC). The survey was divided into three major areas: the value of an associate degree in the working world, an evaluation of the job preparation given to MC graduates, and suggestions for improvements in individual…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Followup Studies
Boser, Judith A. – 1987
This study of teacher education graduate follow-up surveys examined the relationship between response rate and number of graduates, questionnaire length, and follow-up contacts. Also, the study investigated survey practices differentiating between surveys which had high and low return rates in such areas as number of follow-up contacts,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1978
Techniques and procedures for conducting graduate follow-up surveys are summarized. Initial considerations include: survey objectives, standardization of questions, differentiating follow-ups from alumni campaigns, those who need the information, those who have responsibility for the survey, and various populations to be surveyed. Specific issues…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Guidelines, Institutional Research
Gebert, Henriette D.; Lucas, John A. – 1983
A follow-up study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to evaluate and obtain externally required information about the dietetic technician program. Surveys were mailed to all 47 of the students who graduated from the program between 1980 and 1982 to obtain information on their employment status, job title, length of service,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Tatham, Elaine L.; And Others – 1975
This document presents the findings of three state-required career student follow-up studies--a one year follow-up of 1972-73 students, a three year follow-up of 1970-71 students, and an initial placement (six months) follow-up of 1973-74 students--in the form of two reports. Ninety-one, 94, and 99 percent of the former graduates and nongraduates…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Hearing Impairments
Wasil, Raymond A. – 1974
The guide describes a followup study procedure for obtaining from high school graduates and dropouts information concerning their present employment status, training interests, personal data, employment interests, transportation type, training and education, and questions and comments. The study procedure is longitudinal and four phased. The…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
Lokan, J. J. – 1973
This summary is a simplified and graphically illustrated presentation of the main findings from a followup study of the school and job experiences of students who entered an occupational high school in Ontario during its first three years. The summary is directed to former students who participated in the study, parents, and teachers. Background,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Job Satisfaction, Job Skills, Labor Needs
Claudy, John G. – 1973
Holland's theory of vocational choice assumes that most persons can be categorized into six types in accordance with their personality attributes. These six types are: Realistic, Investigative, Social, Conventional, Enterprising and Artistic. From Holland's theory, a high degree of congruence between personality type and occupational choice is…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Followup Studies
Delaney, Anne Marie – 1995
This analysis illustrates how alumni survey research can assess outcomes for graduates of master's degree programs and also be responsive to program goals, policy concerns of administrators, instructional values of the faculty, and standards of professional practice. Issues related to survey design and analysis are discussed, based on a study of…
Descriptors: Alumni, Educational Quality, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Payne, William H., Jr. – 1995
During fall 1994, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) surveyed employers of the college's recent graduates to evaluate the occupational success of PVCC graduates and the effectiveness of the college's academic programs in preparing graduates for work. Surveys were sent to the employers of 41 graduates from the class of 1992-93 who had…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Boal, Steve – 1987
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…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Scott, David C. – 1984
In 1984, a study was conducted to assess the success of Bakersfield College's radiologic technician program in preparing graduates for employment; to provide information for accreditation, evaluation, and long-range planning purposes; and to compare results with a 1977 survey of program graduates. Questionnaires, requesting information on…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Lentz, Linda P. – 1984
The career salience and career involvement of young women 1 year after graduation were assessed. Respondents attended nine coeducational colleges and six women's colleges located in the U.S. northeast. It was found that graduates of very selective women's colleges had a higher career salience rating on the Life Style Index than did their…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Coeducation, College Graduates, Females
Spencer, Charles T.; And Others – 1984
Feelings of medical technology graduates about their jobs were studied using the descriptive survey research method. Attention was directed to the relationship of job attitudes to time since graduation, presence/absence of professional development activities, and selected characteristics of the respondents. Questionnaire responses from 186…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. Draper Correctional Center. – 1965
MATERIALS RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CENTER'S VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR YOUNG INMATES ARE PRESENTED TO SHOW A DEVELOPMENTAL PICTURE OF THE PROGRAM. OF 650 INMATES, 372 APPLIED FOR TRAINING, 50-60 WERE REFERRED TO ACADEMIC SCHOOL, 120 WERE SERVED, 109 GRADUATED, 50 WERE EMPLOYED, 59 WERE AWAITING PAROLE, AND 120 WERE AWAITING…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Material Development
