Employment rates and earnings of 1,928 hearing-impaired individuals and 371 normal-hearing individuals who attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, 1968-1980, were compared. The study found that level of degree attained significantly influenced later wages and salaries and that hearing-impaired bachelors degree recipients earned 7 percent…

This book offers information from research on how 1,584 graduates from the British public higher education and from private universities fared in the labor market in comparison with each other; whether graduates in some subjects do better than others and the value of first destination statistics (employment information data 6 months after…

An examination of changes in the job market for college graduates between 1960 and 1980 forms the basis for speculating on the opportunities in 1990. The job market in 1970 was better than in either 1960 or 1980; job opportunities will continue to decline through the 1980s. (Author/MLW)

Reports on a study of data from the March 1980 Current Population Survey about the impact of the number of high school diplomas and their value in the labor market. Finds that, although traditional economic models suggest that a large number of diplomas diminishes their value, the queuing model shows that it could be an asset. (CFR)

This study was concerned with the optimum allocation of public resources in education, and involved a comparison between vocational-technical education and an alternative curriculum for non-college attending students. Major steps in the study were: (1) identification of costs and benefits, (2) collection of representative data, (3) determination…

The private internal rate of return to investment is evaluated in two levels in each of the following four educational programs: computer science, nursing, nutrition, and social work. In these fields, a situation occurs in which many bachelor's degree graduates and community college vocational degree holders perform exactly the same work and…

By the time today's eighth graders reach age 28-29, approximately 66% will have had some kind of postsecondary education or training. There has been a dramatic upward shift in the education and skill requirements for all occupations. Access to higher education has become the threshold for career success. Elite managerial and professional jobs,…