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Smith, Janet D.; And Others – 1980
The Step-Up to College Program was initiated in the summer of 1980 to provide basic skills instruction in English and mathematics for incoming freshmen, re-entry adult students, and high school students and adults considering college. Program participants who were enrolled in both the English and math courses (N=125) were asked to take part in a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Community Colleges
Bortin, Barbara; And Others – 1982
A followup study assessed the effectiveness of the Milwaukee public high school career specialty programs. A total of 160 program graduates completed surveys in the first, second, and fifth years following high school graduation. Included in the survey were multiple-choice questions pertaining to current educational and employment status, the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Download full textWhitmore, Robin L.; Amos, Arthur K., Jr. – 1982
In May 1980, the 1973-1979 minority graduates of the University California at Davis were surveyed about their employment, graduate and professional school training, career progress, and university experiences. The response rate was 33.7 percent. Minority groups included were American Indian, black, Chicano, Latino, and Filipino. Most had taken…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Careers, College Choice
Hughes, G. Edward – 1981
A survey of 161 students who graduated from Mississippi County Community College (MCCC) during the years 1977-79 with an associate of applied science degree was conducted to determine the occupational success of the graduates, their perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of MCCC, and suggestions for improvement. The survey instrument…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Courses
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb. Office of Education Research. – 1981
These proceedings contain 40 presentation papers, four alternate papers, and seven symposia from the Twenty-Second Adult Education Research Conference. The 44 papers report on research, research problems, and research possibilities, including comparison of student performance in two curricular approaches, trust in small groups, overcoming…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Gelso, Charles J.; And Others – 1976
The appropriateness of four counseling center models (traditional, consultation, vocational guidance, psychotherapy) and 15 specific counseling center functions for universities with enrollments of 10,000 plus were evaluated by samples of counselors, student personnel administrators, resident assistants, faculty, students, and university…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Career Guidance, College Faculty
Thomson, Susan Gotsch – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the (theoretical) relative influence of family status and occupational and attitudinal variables on women's commitment to work. Twelve hundred working women were asked. "If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you'd like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work? Yes or…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations
Harrison, Cynthia – 1979
Issues and findings are synthesized from six invitational regional dialogues attended by 730 representatives of the 80% of women in the work force who are concentrated in low-paying, low-status jobs. The discussion of the needs and concerns of this population makes reference to (1) answers to questionnaires (appended, together with compiled data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Clerical Workers, Dialogs (Literary)
McClure, Larry, Ed. – 1979
Based on the personal experiences of individuals familiar with the day-to-day operation of experience-based career education (EBCE) in several states, the essays in this monograph are presented under three headings: (1) deciding to offer an option, (2) gathering community support, and (3) building an institutional framework. Part 1 includes…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with the following topics: written communication competencies necessary in the accounting profession; the cooperative school approach to developing a communication network; organizational communication and faculty…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Communication Research
Harshman, Carl L. – 1979
A model developed at Metropolitan College of Saint Louis University for assessing the quality of nontraditional education programs is discussed. The concept of quality in relation to individual programs, accreditation, and students is examined. The limitations of the existing definitions of quality and the methods for measuring it are considered.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Heller, Barbara R.; Gross, Linda – 1978
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the kinds of things males and females do on their first co-operative job, how they perceive their working conditions and responsibilities, and how their performance is viewed by their employers. There were 272 college students in the sample. Sexes were fairly evenly represented, but the male-female…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Employed Women
Ellis, Joseph R. – 1975
Fifteen Illinois Education Professions Development Act (553) funded projects, mainly directed toward professional development in vocational-career education, provided the basis for the followup study. The projects, which varied in scope, activity, and duration were: More Effective Staff Utilization, In-Service Education for Teachers of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Cohen, Monroe D., Ed. – 1975
The methods and procedures of education in our schools must be reexamined according to the writers who have contributed to this document. This is most strongly felt in the areas of testing and evaluation for it is these areas that may have the greatest impact on a child's educational career. This document is presented in three sections: (1) An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
