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Grosz, Michel – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
The United States labor market has seen dramatic shifts in its occupational composition over the past few decades. Employment and wages have grown for workers at both the high and low end of the skill distribution, while those in the middle have suffered. Community colleges have historically acted as suppliers of middle-skill jobs and drivers of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Postsecondary Education, Job Training, Community Colleges
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office for Community Colleges. – 1982
In 1981, each of the 30 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges collected follow-up data on its 1980 graduates, using varying survey instruments. Overall findings, based on a statewide response rate of 72%, included the following: (1) 90.2% of the respondents had either transferred to a four-year college or found employment; (2) of…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Virginia State Dept. of Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1977
Data on post-graduation activities of 1974-75 and 1975-76 graduates were independently collected by all 23 Virginia community colleges, using forms developed by the statewide office. Data on 28.2% of 1974-75 and 19% of 1975-76 graduates were not available. Numbers of graduating students increased from 6,051 in 1974-75 to 6,709 in 1975-76. Of…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Demography
Nienkamp, Roger L. – 1982
Information is provided from a follow-up study of 1980-81 graduates of St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, which was conducted to determine their educational and employment status and views of the college and its programs. Introductory material outlines the purpose, procedure, and scope of the study, and provides the survey instrument and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Certificates
Grubb, W. Norton – 1995
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) was used to compare estimates of the benefits of education among different levels of education and thereby identify the returns to education and training in the subbaccalaureate labor market. The study data consisted of information on the educational attainment and income of 14,537 (7,981…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Gose, Frank J. – 1982
A follow-up study was conducted of Yavapai College students who completed a certificate or graduated with a degree in spring 1980 to obtain demographic data and information on the graduates' current status, purpose for enrolling at Yavapai, and views of the college, and on the relationship between their current activities and their coursework at…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship