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Download full textMcAdams, Kathy; And Others – 1981
Meant to study post secondary educational and vocational activities, the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) is reported to have consistently succeeded in overcoming diminishing response rates and sample attrition found in other longitudinal surveys. The purpose of understanding the focus and experiences affecting…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Grade 12, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
Riccobono, John A., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The fourth mail and personal interview followup survey from October 1979 to May 1980 is reported as part of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The report is methodological, historical and descriptive in nature, but contains no analytical results. Reference to earlier reports is provided in determining post…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Grade 12, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
PDF pending restorationWisenbaker, Joseph M.; Kolstad, Andrew J. – 1981
A third followup survey within a National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the high school class of 1972 finds that there is little difference in group variability in survey response when considering background characteristics, while significant differences in response rates are found when considering the group patterns of response to prior…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Collection, Grade 12, Graduate Surveys
Sharp, Laure M.; Weidman, John C. – 1986
First jobs and career attainments soon after graduation of college graduates with baccalaureate degrees in the humanities were studied. Outcomes for humanities majors were also compared to social science, business, and education majors, as well as graduates who majored in interdisciplinary studies in the liberal arts and sciences. Data were…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Experience
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
Creech, F. Reid; And Others – 1977
At the time of the First Followup Survey, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent of the members of the High School Class of 1972 were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Stone, James R., III – 1984
This study was conducted to explore the relationship between participation in secondary marketing and distributive education (MDE) and economic attainment after high school. Specifically, the study sought to develop a model of economic attainment, i.e., job status attainment, unemployment, and wages for secondary MDE students. The study used the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education
West, Jerry – 1989
Data from the postsecondary transcripts of high school seniors included in the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study of the class of 1980 and the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the Senior Class of 1972 were analyzed to investigate the participation of students in two-year postsecondary programs. The analyses focused mainly on the…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Graduates
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1984
The effects of the nature of the college/university on students' academic persistence and attainment, achievement goals, and occupational attainment were studied. Students entering academic programs at two- or four-year colleges by fall 1974 were studied using findings of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Students
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1984
The effects of institutional types and their structural and compositional characteristics on students entering two- or four-year academic programs were examined, with a focus on students' educational attainment. Data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Individual student variables were considered,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Choice, College Desegregation, College Students
Selby, David – 1977
Ways that data from four major longitudinal surveys can be used in postsecondary education policy analysis are discussed: the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience (NLS-LM), Project TALENT, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-HS). The potential use…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Attendance, Databases, Economic Factors
Creech, F. Reid; And Others – 1977
At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discriminant Analysis
