Describes Project RESOURCES (Retired Employee Skills Outreach Using Retirees in Continuing Employment Situations), Middlesex County College's (New Jersey) program to help people over 55 find employment. Notes project activities such as job fairs, discussion groups, information dissemination, workshops, recruitment, a job bank, and training…

Designed to assist students, current workers seeking to change careers, and people re-entering the work force after a lengthy absence, this report presents employment, salary, and placement information for 31 Johnson County Community College (JCCC) career programs. The information is based on data from county, state, and national studies, as well…

The annual report describes goals and objectives, implementation procedures, and results, evaluation, and recommendations of the Piedmont Virginia Community College project to improve vocational guidance and counseling for handicapped students. The project had the following goals: to provide an opportunity for key faculty, staff, counselors, and…

A model was prepared for an information storage and retrieval system for reporting job placement follow-through data of persons trained in industrial education programs in the state public schools. Recommendations for application of the model are made on a statewide basis to serve the information needs of local, state, and federal industrial…

During the fall of 1975, career program coordinators at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) contacted students who graduated from their programs that year and non-graduates who left with marketable skills. The study population consisted of 177 graduates, 41 non-graduates with marketable skills, and 7 hearing impaired students. Contact was made…

Chipola Junior College (Florida) addresses the problem of serving the disadvantaged in a rural community through (1) recruitment programs supported by community organizations, (2) retention tools such as counseling and remediation, and (3) placement, which includes evaluating instructional programs on the basis of their placement rates. (SK)

Capabilities of the comprehensive computer-based job placement service system at Joliet Junior College and benefits to students are described. (TA)

This speech discusses various aspects of a placement director's work in a large community college. A successful placement director is an ambitious extrovert. Placement requires an ample budget, and approximately 1,000 square feet of space for offices and parking. Students should be helped to prepare resumes and the placement director should…

Describes how a small proprietary college, rooted in a community, can develop employer networks to place students in jobs and at the same time track market changes. Argues that firm links with local employers enables the college to translate demands for employees into new programs. (AYC)

The report summarizes the results of follow-up studies of 494 students who completed a career program at Kansas' Johnson County Community College (JCCC) during the 1997-1998 academic year, and of the employers of completers who were working in a job related to their course of study. Results of these studies provide valuable insights into the…

Asserts that graduation and placement rates based on surveys as forms of institutional assessment are no longer enough. Addresses five legitimate, critical concerns about outcomes reporting. Discusses the use of unemployment insurance data to document and report on institutional and program effectiveness by tracking students' placement and…

A timely and coordinated system to conduct placement and followup studies was developed by Hillsborough Community College. The project was intended to increase the response rate of program completers and leavers and the placement rate of program completers in order to meet the placement rate set by the 1983 Florida legislation. Vocational faculty…

This report contains qualitative evaluations of 48 programs throughout the Maryland community college system, as well as a statewide evaluation of Teacher Education transfer programs. A summary of the Teacher Education programs is presented first, in which the purpose and role of teacher education in the community college, enrollment trends,…

This document, presented in the form of PowerPoint print outs, indicates a total of 420 (nearly 60%) associate degree nursing (ADN) programs responded to a survey conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Nursing and Allied Health Initiative (NAHI) for 2003. The sample is representative based on urbanicity and region.…

This document describes various standards and measures of institutional effectiveness for South Texas Community College (STCC) for 1999-2000. It includes descriptions of: (1) total faculty by highest degree earned; (2) proportion of women, minorities and special populations (such as the economically disadvantaged and single parents) in all…