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Download full textFelstehausen, Joyce L.; And Others – 1973
The follow-up study evaluating the effectiveness of occupational education programs in Illinois focused on six principal dimensions: the basis on which occupational decisions were made; the post-high school status of occupational program completers; employment experience of program completers; alumni assessments of program helpfulness and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Data Analysis, Educational Programs
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1993
Each year the Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) conducts surveys to determine the opinions of employers about the preparation of graduates of vocational programs. The 1993 survey focused on eight school district and community college occupational training areas (i.e., automotive technology, gasoline engine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Higher Education
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1990
In 1989, a graduate follow-up survey was conducted to gather data regarding student perceptions and activities following graduation from the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical and Adult Education System (VTAE). Primary objectives of the survey were to identify current activities of VTAE graduates, determine whether the activities were related to the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1989
In January 1989, a study was conducted at Johnson County Community College (JCCC), in Kansas, of students who graduated, received certificates, or completed sufficient courses to have obtained new skills or enhanced existing skills during the 1987-88 academic year. The purpose of the study was to determine the experiences, perceptions, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Lucas, John A. – 1987
In 1986, a study was conducted at Illinois' William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to gather follow-up data on transfer-oriented students one year after they had accumulated at least 48 semester hours of credit at WRHC. All 634 alumni meeting these criteria were surveyed concerning their current education/employment status, their evaluation of WRHC,…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Portland Community Coll., OR. Research and Planning Dept. – 1987
Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon participated in a statewide study of community college and high school vocational education. The first phase of the project involved collecting baseline data from community college students in vocational programs and from high school vocational education seniors in spring 1985. In spring 1986, the second…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Poort, Stephen M.; Williamson, Tom – 1982
Structured interviews were conducted by selected vocational education instructors at Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) to determine current and projected employment and training needs of private-sector businesses with 200 employees or less and to assess opinions of IHCC programs. Employers were asked to provide information on the number of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Projections
Johnson, Dona, Comp.; And Others – 1976
A study of graduates from the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management program at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park was conducted, primarily in order to elicit information from graduates regarding potentially effective recruitment methods for minority groups and women. The study also sought to obtain evaluation of course curriculum…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Females, Followup Studies
Mishler, Carol – 1982
A study surveyed University of Wisconsin System adult graduates (age 29 and over at graduation) from traditional campus programs to determine the impact of a bachelor's degree on their lives and work three to five years after graduation. The main interest was job changes experienced by adult graduates. Of 441 adults surveyed, 254 returned the…
Descriptors: Adults, Bachelors Degrees, Career Change, College Graduates
Broadbent, William A. – 1981
A study was conducted in 1980 to ascertain employer attitudes toward and satisfaction with the performance of graduates of vocational education programs in Hawaii. Interviews with 41 employers, who employed an average of 132 workers, sought general perceptions of the knowledge, quality of work, written and oral skills, dependability, adaptability,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Job Performance, Labor Force Development
Sheldon, M. Stephen – 1981
Although the primary purpose of this report is to present prototypical procedures for conducting two-year college vocational follow-up studies, it also describes the implementation and results of using these procedures in the evaluation of the electronics, computer science, and tool and manufacturing programs at Los Angeles Pierce College. After…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Employment
Morton, J. B.; And Others – 1977
Two methods used to collect follow-up data on vocational education graduates to determine their postgraduate occupational and educational activities are (1) to ask the graduates themselves and (2) to ask the teachers to report the status of their graduates. The objective of this study was to compare data that was collected using each method and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Graduate Surveys
Swerdloff, Sol; Rosen, Howard – 1973
Based on response to a mailed questionnaire, the 1969 followup study of the college and career plans of Jewish youth surveys a sample of 1,125 young Jewish adults in their mid-20s who took part in a 1961 study of the same nature in which 6,600 participated. The study found that most of the respondents believe that education will enable them to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Followup Studies
Hall, Wilbur; And Others – 1975
A followup study of graduates from machine tool technology and building construction programs was conducted to determine the relevancy of programs to employment needs. The survey instrument was a mailed questionnaire designed to determine employment status and history, evaluation of the program, upgrading or retraining needs, and the adequacy of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Employer Attitudes, Followup Studies
Lieberman, Leonard – 1970
A study was made of 165 persons (largely underclass) during training at a job training center in middle Michigan and about one year later. Three kinds of influences were examined: opportunities, subculture, and training. Research was exploratory and involved comparison of 37 Chippewa trainees and 113 poor whites and a small number of Mexicans and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations, Case Records
