As part of a follow-up study of vocational school students, the relationship between training and occupational placement was assessed using the coding scheme from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. (Author)

Uses interviews conducted in 1974 and 1994 to investigate the vocational experiences of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Participants had received a spinal cord injury 22-45 years previously. Results revealed that all but seven of the participants had been in remunerative employment. Work experiences, comprehensive rehabilitation service,…

A study of employment rates of 1992 technology education graduates from State University of New York-Oswego (n=249) looked at vacancies and salaries, concluding that high school students should be encouraged to enter the technology teacher education program. (JOW)

The 2006 census found that around 30% of people residing in Australia were born overseas, a trend unlikely to be reversed in the short-term, given the Australian Government's recent decision to significantly boost the places in the permanent skilled migration program to help employers redress their skill shortages. In light of this, employers are…

Context: Founded in 1971 with state funding to increase the number of primary care physicians in rural Minnesota, the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) has graduated 1,175 students. Third-year medical students are assigned to primary care physicians in rural communities for 9 months where they experience the realities of rural practice with…

In this study a survey of alumni (N=68) with bachelor's degrees in psychology graduating in the past 10 years from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UW-P) was conducted. The results of the study indicated that the majority of graduates began their careers in the clinical/counseling field, but as time progressed the majority of them were…

A SAMPLE OF 528 FARMERS WHO HAD BEEN ENROLLED IN INSTRUCTIONAL ON-FARM TRAINING FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELECTED ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES TO FARM SUCCESS AND TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPONENT TO FARM SUCCESS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRE…

To evaluate the effectiveness of Manpower Development and Training Act programs in Utah in terms of graduates' job success and employer and trainee attitudes, 105 graduates and their employers were surveyed. Usable responses from a third of the graduates and half the employers proved the training to be quite effective. Because of inadequate…

Reported is a survey of the placement of the engineering and technology graduates who received degrees in June, 1970. This is the seventh in the series of annual surveys conducted by the Engineering Manpower Commission. Deans and placement officers of 180 engineering schools and 109 other technological institutions participated in this survey. The…

In the second year of an indepth evaluation of the vocational training offered to inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections, personal interviews were held with random samples of three treatment groups from the inmates released during the calendar year 1973. One group were graduates of the Windham School District Vocational Training courses;…

Results of this study were that (1) the majority of 1983 vocational agriculture graduates in Florida were involved in agriculture-related occupations; (2) graduates had not accurately predicted their post-high school plans; and (3) overall, program completers had very positive attitudes about vocational agriculture. (SK)

The author briefly discusses the results of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS), taken by 20 writers, as supportive of the validity of the SDS as a vocational guidance instrument. (RP)