Each year for the past 12 years, the Graduate Management Admission Council[R] (GMAC[R]) has conducted a survey of graduate management education students in their final year of business school. This Global Management Education Graduate Survey is distributed to students at participating business schools. The survey allows students to express their…

Every year 1.3 million U.S. high school students drop out of school with one quarter of female students failing to graduate on time. Female dropouts are more likely to be unemployed, to earn less when they are employed, to become pregnant before the age of 20, to become obese, to smoke, and to drink more heavily than their male counterparts. This…

This report presents findings from a study of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccaulaureate Achievement (McNair) Program. The McNair Program was established in 1986 to increase the attainment of doctoral degrees by students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. This study is a descriptive analysis of participant outcomes: no attempt is…

As part of a regular evaluative follow-up of graduates from the education programs at Bowling Green State University, this collection of three booklets provides statistics on the responses of students who graduated between 1975 and 1980. The first booklet presents responses obtained from a total of 685 teachers who reflected upon the adequacy of…

Red River College (Canada) conducts this graduate employment survey annually to obtain information on employment status and program satisfaction from graduates of diploma, certificate, and refresher programs. For this report, a questionnaire and personalized letter from the College president were sent to each student who graduated between July 1,…

This volume presents a summary of the responses of 62 first-year teachers to a seven-page instrument entitled, "An Appraisal of My Preparation as a Teacher at Bowling Green State University." A copy of the instrument is presented. Selected narrative summary comments are made, and following these comments are summary tabular data related…

Six hundred l970 and l975 graduates of the Teacher Education Program (TEP) of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale were surveyed on biographical and workrelated data, on the graduates' perceptions of their own competencies in the areas of planning, instruction, and evaluation, and on their perceptions of the degree to which the TEP was…

This report contains results from surveys of two sets of Red River College (Canada) graduates. The first is the Graduate Satisfaction and Employment survey, which gathers information on employment status and program satisfaction from graduates of full-time diploma, certificate and refresher programs. The second is the Continuing Education Graduate…

Periodic follow-up evaluative studies are conducted on basic and advanced teacher education graduates of Bowling Green State University (Ohio). These studies are made to elicit input from graduates regarding the programs they recently completed, and to evaluate their success in the educational careers for which they were prepared. Data is also…

The City College of San Francisco (CCSF) began, in the fall of 2000, to routinely survey students who petitioned for associate degrees, awards, or certificates in credit programs. The survey is ongoing, with semester updates. It asks students to rate nine areas: (1) How successful were you in achieving what you wanted to do at CCSF? (2) Would you…

The purpose of this practicum was to evaluate whether graduates in Physical Therapy from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) (Florida) meet accreditation criteria and to compare student and clinical instructor evaluations. This was the first year in which the new Physical Therapy program had graduates who could be evaluated, and outcome measures…

A follow-up study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to evaluate and obtain externally required information about the dietetic technician program. Surveys were mailed to all 47 of the students who graduated from the program between 1980 and 1982 to obtain information on their employment status, job title, length of service,…

This document summarizes fall 1999 major findings of Johnson County Community College's (JCCC's) career program effectiveness in the following categories: utilization of community college preparation, community college experiences, satisfaction with JCCC, current educational endeavors and future educational plans, and employer perceptions. A total…

This survey gathered information from recent University of Northern Iowa teacher education graduates on attitudes toward aspects of the University's teacher education program, on circumstances leading to employment, and on certain employment conditions. The sample in this survey included elementary, secondary, and "special area"…

This report presents the results for the Automated Student and Adult Learner Follow-up System at South Texas Community College (STCC). It details the employment and further education experiences of STCC students who graduated in 1998-99. All technical programs at the college are required to meet a standard of 85% placement of graduates. Successful…