Objectives of a study to provide empirical evidence of the effectiveness of vocational education training were (l) to identify the type of employment engaged in by graduates of secondary vocational programs initially, six months, and one year after graduation, and determine if this employment was related to the individuals' vocational training,…

A survey of the 1974, 1975, and 1976 graduates of the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College was conducted to test the hypothesis that graduates who participated in the cooperative education program were more likely to have experienced career development than those graduates who did not participate. An equal number of graduates in…

Research will be conducted which will investigate the process by which individuals gain access to careers. (Career is defined as empirically determined regularities in job sequences.) The research program is organized around two phases of analysis. The first phase involves empirically constructing multi-dimensional career lines through extensive…

A followup survey of 1962 to 1974 alumni of Queensborough Community College (QCC) was initiated in spring 1975 to gather information on their education attainments, fields of employment, current educational activities, earnings, perceptions of QCC and suggestions to improve the college. A total of 3,015 graduates responded, or 40.7%. Summary…

As part of an annual graduate follow-up study, questionnaires were sent to all students who graduated from Montgomery College (MC) during the 1976-77 academic year in an associate degree or certificate program; 691 (62%) responded. Major reasons for attending MC were low cost, program offerings and convenient location, the same reasons reported in…

The main purpose of a followup of Minnesota area postsecondary vocational-technical institute graduates was to determine what happens to graduates after they leave school. Information obtained from graduates and their employers allows school personnel to judge the effectiveness of their programs and how they might be improved. Experience with the…

This study investigated AIM-JOBS effectiveness in placing disadvantaged, unemployed Cleveland, Ohio, adults and youth in meaningful jobs; ways in which it might improve its effectiveness; and implications of the first 18 months for other comprehensive employment programs. Data on the 1,865 participants were gathered at the beginning and end of…

To provide descriptive data of practical nursing manpower and develop hypotheses based on significant relationships between responses on the questionnaires, the National League for Nursing undertook a longitudinal study of men and women who entered nursing school in the fall of 1962. Data were obtained by a series of questionnaires which had been…

To identify the characteristics of students in the technical agriculture programs in Ohio and to determine the association between selected student characteristics, their success in the program, and their success in the world of work, this research report was conducted by staff members of The Ohio State University Agricultural Education…

The purpose of this study was to determine if Michigan schools can conduct an evaluation of their own programs of vocational education, with emphasis on outcomes and attainment of local objectives, maximizing the use of local personnel and resources, and utilizing consultant leadership and related professional assistance. The study was conducted…

Operation Second Chance trained school dropouts for vocational skills in three areas in North Carolina--the mountainous West, the Piedmont plains, and the coastal farmlands. Length of the training varied from the six weeks nurses' aide program to the 12-week sewing for upholstery program through the 16-week carpentry, upholstery, welding,…

The development of understandings, attitudes, and appreciation appropriate for selected state and local vocational-technical educators, guidance personnel, general educators, and federal personnel with potential responsibilities for residential vocational education programs comprised the focus of this conference. Major issues related to…

In this twelfth annual report in the series of bulletins on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky high schools, an overview of a 10-year period of growth (1957-1967) is presented in addition to the usual analysis of data for the graduating class of 1967. Comparative data are presented on the dropout rates of Kentucky schools and on the…

To gather occupational follow-up data from secondary agricultural graduates and their employers as a basis for evaluation of occupational education programs and to develop a procedural follow-up model, self-administered questionnaires were obtained from 430 graduates and 126 employers to ascertain occupational status, relevance of training,…

This short booklet contains questions and answers concerning aspects of vocational-technical education, including (1) satisfying student needs through cooperative education, (2) skill and ability requirements of the cooperative teacher-coordinator, (3) economic feasibility of vocational-technical education, (4) improving rural education, (5)…