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Owens, Thomas R. – 1984
Although some school districts conduct follow-up studies of their high school graduates, few have systematically used the information to improve their educational programs or to guide policymaking. Weaknesses of typical vocational education follow-up studies include the following: avoidance of comparisons with nonvocational students, failure to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
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
Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1982
A follow-up survey of Oregon's 1979-80 twelfth grade vocational students and early leavers and their employers was conducted to determine what the former students were doing, what they thought of their vocational preparation, and how their employers perceived their preparation for jobs. The survey population consisted of all 1979-80 vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Females, Followup Studies
Mosher, Lottie – 1977
A program to test the feasibility of vouchering vocational training for clients of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) was conducted in Portland, Oregon. (Vouchering places the buying power for institutional training into the hands of the clients, thus allowing them greater autonomy in deciding their own occupational destiny.) One hundred and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Feasibility Studies, Incentives
Owens, Thomas R. – 1985
A followup study conducted in 19 high schools throughout Oregon involved 1,296 early leavers and graduates of the class of 1981. Both vocational education and nonvocational students participated. Data came from three sources--surveys of former students, transcripts and permanent files of these students, and program rating data from vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Educational Benefits, Educational Research
PDF pending restorationLane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1977
This report presents an updated review of employment projection and supply data as related to current job cluster program enrollment in the Portland (Oregon) School District. The methods for gathering the data are described and estimates for future enrollment needs are recommended for eighteen occupational clusters. Three fourths of the report is…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Employment Projections
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Career and Vocational Education Section. – 1977
This report summarizes the findings of a follow-up study of Oregon's high school class of 1976 regarding their activities and perceptions after leaving their formal high school training. Focus is primarily on the responses and impressions of former vocational (career cluster) students; comparisons with the responses of general college preparatory…
Descriptors: Colleges, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Patterns
