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Pettit, Joseph – 1991
This paper briefly reviews the early efforts at forming alumni associations and organizing alumni reunions, describes a number of the more recent alumni surveys used in assessment activities, and concludes with suggestions for conducting such surveys. First, pre-1980 alumni surveys that attempted to measure college outcomes are discussed. Next, a…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
Estes, Camille; Peterson, Sarah – 1983
As part of the ongoing process of self-assessment begun with the 1973 Graduate Follow-up Study of the 1971 graduates, and continued in 1978 with the 1976 graduates, it was decided to conduct a survey of the 1980 graduates of the Mesa Public Schools during November and December, 1982. The data collected and analyzed at that time are presented in…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Quality, Employment Patterns, Graduate Surveys
Scalzo, Teresa – Currents, 1993
College alumni associations are using a variety of approaches to improve alumni participation. Surveying alumni for needs and preferences can be fruitful. Program ideas include career planning, parent programs, community service, student relations activities, and high school recruitment. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation is crucial to…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Career Planning, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Gilmer, Debbie; McElroy, Meg – 1993
This final report describes major activities of a Maine project to develop a follow-up and follow-along survey instrument and data management system to allow local school districts to determine outcomes for graduates with disabilities and use this information in program review and modifications. The report explains the process used in the 1-year…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Disabilities, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Corvalan-Vasquez, Oscar E. – 1981
The development of apprenticeship programs in several Latin American countries was investigated with a focus on the results of an industrial apprenticeship program in Santiago, Chile. The program studied was the Instituto Nacional de Capacitacion Profesional (INACAP), the national vocational training institute of Chile. The purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Research
Adams, Rick – Currents, 1992
Out of concern for declining participation in its local alumni clubs, Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) surveyed 10,400 alumni nationally, 800 club officers, and alumni officers of 10 other colleges and universities. Resulting profiles of recent and older graduates revealed substantial population changes, suggesting the need for adaptation of…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, Graduate Surveys, Group Membership
Holste, Don; Matthews, Dan – 1993
This is the first report on a series of evaluative studies being undertaken by the Council on Teacher Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for its preservice teacher education programs. When fully implemented, the program will include information from graduates (1 and 3 years following graduation), from current students (upon…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Kraus, Ronald J. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1991
A survey of alumnae of three Catholic liberal arts colleges investigated applicability of a theoretical model proposing that selected demographic, background, and opinion variables would affect alumnae giving. Results indicate that most of the demographic/background variables studied had only weak to moderate correlation with giving patterns.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Attitudes, Church Related Colleges, College Administration
Berkeley, Terry R. – 1990
Graduates of professional preparation programs in special education are followed up in order to know about the status of professionals who completed their training in programs receiving federal support from the Office of Special Education Programs Division of Personnel Preparation. This bulletin discusses graduate follow-up precondition criteria…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Graduates, Disabilities, Education Majors
Riches, Vivienne; And Others – 1993
This report summarizes results obtained for the first cohort of students (n=98) with disabilities involved in the pilot Transition Project begun in 1989 in New South Wales (Australia). Students were in either special schools (56 percent), special classes in regular high schools (40 percent), or integrated regular settings (3.5 percent). Of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
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Velasco, Steven C.; And Others – Teaching Sociology, 1992
Compares California State University alumni survey ratings evaluating each social science major in developing basic employment skills. Concludes that, although sociology received mediocre ratings compared to the other social science majors in the latest study, the ratings are improving. Reports substantially lower incomes for women alumnae as…
Descriptors: Alumni, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Frank, Jean M. – 1991
In spring 1990, a survey was conducted of all 247 students who had received an associate degree or certificate from Howard Community College (HCC) during fiscal year 1989. The purpose of the study was to evaluate programs and student services at HCC by collecting and analyzing data on the experiences and various outcomes of the college's…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Harris, Cameron – 1987
This report emphasizes the rationale for and procedures of a high school graduate follow-up telephone survey in Hampton, Virginia, conducted on classes of even-numbered years. The survey instrument and charts of results from 1982-86 comprise over three-fourths of the document. The follow-up survey was initiated to gather information for a school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Graduate Surveys