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Lucas, John A. – 1988
As part of an ongoing evaluation of the career programs at Illinois' William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), a follow-up study of 1986 program graduates was conducted and results were compared with previous years. Questionnaires were sent to 491 students who earned 48 or more hours during the 1985-86 academic year at WRHC. Study findings, based on a…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Hargrave, Lou A.; And Others – 1983
This study analyzed Oklahoma's completion status reports, student follow-up findings, employers' ratings, and wages of secondary and adult traditional and nontraditional students from vocational and technical education programs for fiscal years 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. (Complete statistical data calculations for each area analyzed are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Download full textMcKinney, Floyd – 1977
A summary and analysis of the significant literature on evaluation of vocational education, focusing on a limited number of evaluation efforts that reflect strategies typically used in vocational education, is presented in this information analysis paper. The paper is intended for curriculum developers, teachers, and administrators in vocational…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Wichowski, Chester P.; DuMond, Doreen C. – 1980
A pilot study was conducted to identify sex role factors which could affect the search for employment and the adjustment to employment for vocational graduates in selected occupational areas. Target employment areas were identified through a review of occupations with a disproportionate composition by one sex or the other. These included…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Budd, Diane M. – 1981
Phase 2 of a three-phase project examined the secondary education background and employment adjustment of handicapped youth in rural counties in Florida. (Phase 1 was a pilot study.) Subjects were former special education students in five rural project counties who had been identified as needing services in the area of educable mental retardation,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Background, Emotional Disturbances, Employment Patterns
Nespoli, Lawrence A.; Nair, P. C. – 1979
An employer follow-up study was conducted by Howard Community College (HCC) in May, 1979, to determine the job performance of the HCC 1978 occupational program graduates. Only the employers of occupational graduates in full-time jobs related to their program of study were involved. These employers were asked, on a specially prepared questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
DAVIS, LOWERY H. – 1966
NINE PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED THIS FOUR-PART HANDBOOK FOR OPERATING SUPERVISED OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. RESOURCE PERSONS FROM ADULT EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND HORTICULTURE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GROUP. PART 1 COVERS STEPS FOR ORGANIZING AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Community Relations, Community Surveys
Nelken, Ira; And Others – 1980
The findings are presented of a study conducted for the California community colleges to describe and analyze accurate baseline data against which sex equity in vocational education programs could be measured. The components of the study are described first, including: (1) the use of Vocational Education Audit (VEA) form #48 to collect statistics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Enrollment Trends
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1978
This manual contains information on two evaluation systems for occupational programs at California community colleges. For the first, COPES (Community College Occupational Programs Evaluation System), which is a self-evaluation process, a guide is provided as well as a set of seven evaluation forms for the college president, faculty, counselors…
Descriptors: Classification, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Data Collection
Asche, F. Marion; O'Reilly, Patrick A. – 1979
In a four-section final report with its focus on methodology rather than on findings of particular follow-up studies, this project addresses two needs--to identify, review, and analyze vocational student and employer follow-up efforts at local, state, and federal levels, and to prepare training materials useful to individuals or groups at all…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Material Development
Francis, John Bruce; Jones, Griffith, III – 1976
The effectiveness of vocational education at New York State's public two-year colleges was investigated during spring 1976. Part one of the project was a follow-up study of 1970-71 and 1973-74 graduates to ascertain their success in job or transfer placement within fields for which they were trained, salary and job mobility patterns, and opinions…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
National Center for Education Statistics Bulletin, 1975
The bulletin presents data taken in the fall of 1973 for the National Center for Educational Statistics' National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The study surveyed approximately 22,000 high school seniors in 1,200 schools in the spring of 1972. Sixty-two percent of vocational-technical, 24 percent of general education, and 12…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Experience, Employment Statistics, Graduate Surveys
Oklahoma State Univ., Okmulgee. School of Technical Training. – 1969
The development of understandings, attitudes, and appreciation appropriate for selective state and local vocational-technical educators, guidance personnel, general educators, and federal personnel with potential responsibilities for residential vocational education programs comprise the focus of this conference. Working papers which were…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Conference Reports, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
McCracken, J. David; And Others – 1971
To provide substantive and methodological information concerning systematic vocational placement and followup to individuals responsible for educational program change, a project was conducted to develop three publications, each for different audiences, including school board members, teacher educators, and local school personnel. Information…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Wells, D.; Torrie, J.; Prindle, L. – 2000
This study examined the role played by emotional intelligence on occupational success, seeking to correlate college grades with measures of emotional intelligence. The study, conducted at a Canadian community college, involved two student populations: an adult education group and a group of automotive service technicians in a pre-employment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Affective Measures, Career Education
