The Counselor Education Program at the University of Texas at Austin was designed to provide, through didactic learning, individuation, and various experiental activities, the opportunity for each student to achieve the greatest possible development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that characterize a Master's degree level professional…

This study examined differences between the academic achievement of third-grade students who had had Head Start experiences prior to entering public schools and the achievement of similar students who had not had Head Start experiences. Seven third-grade classes enrolled in public schools, as well as in a Follow Through program, participated in…

The purpose of this study was to follow up teacher graduates of a preservice field-based program after one to five years of teaching. Field-based activities in the program involved actual teaching for a period ranging from one to five quarters, organized at different levels--elementary, junior high, and senior high schools, and in different…

A multi-faceted study followed up 800 children originally administered SCREEN, a comprehensive early identification screening battery. Ss were given an individually administered diagnostic battery: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Verbal Scale, The Beery Visual Motor…

This was a follow-up study of participants in National Science Foundation Student Science Training Program (SSTP) projects designed for students from high schools which provided limited opportunities for training in the sciences or mathematics. Data were collected by means of questionnaires from the participants, high schools attended…

The study of non-college-attending, male high school graduates examines vocational, general, and college preparatory high school curricula and certain post-school training opportunities to uncover differences in their effectiveness, either alone or in conjunction with post-school programs, in preparing youth for careers. Based on data from the…

The relationship between the marital plans and mobility-linked attitudes (those pertaining to variables subject to upward or downward mobility) of young women in the South were investigated. Specific goals were to determine by race, the relationship between marital plans and (1) level of educational aspirations (LEA) and (2) level of occupational…

One thousand and fifty-eight graduates from Carrollton High School (Michigan) between 1964 and 1975 were involved in a normative survey using a two-page questionnaire and telephone followup. It was hoped to discover strengths and weaknesses that might exist in the school's curriculum and to determine if the quality of education had met the needs…

In 1968, 107 members of the AAHPER Council on Outdoor Education and Camping were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward the meaning of the term "outdoor education". Using the same rating sheet, this survey determined the Council members' present attitudes. An influence questionnaire was also designed to investigate the influence of…

The effect of receipt of a General Educational Development (GED) certificate during incarceration on former inmates' rates of recidivism was examined by studying a group of 110 individuals who had been incarcerated in the Eastern Ohio Correction Center (EOCC) and were released during fiscal year 1995. Of the 110 individuals, 21 had obtained a GED…

The study was designed to compare the workshop activity of participants attending the 1971 Resource Personnel Workshop on the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) in teams (2-3 persons/team) and as individuals. Twenty-two participants attended the workshop in teams and another nine as individuals. Data were collected before, during, and…

During 1971-72, graduates of Olney Central College (OCC) who had transferred to a four-year school were asked to rate OCC's instructional, curricular, and personnel services, to determine how adequately the college meets the needs of its students. Students' reactions to thirty-eight statements about the college were registered on a Likert-type…

1973 Florida legislation requires each community college to evaluate the performance of former students in the activities for which they were prepared by the college. This project developed and implemented a follow-up system for community college graduates in Associate in Arts programs. The system assessed former students' achievement of the goals…

A study conducted at Louisiana State University was designed to: determine demographic characteristics of master's degree graduates in school administration in order to draw conclusions concerning identifying profiles; ascertain the extent to which the graduates perceived the courses of instruction in their academic preparation as relevant to…

Research was conducted to provide a base of information applicable to revising the existing accounting curriculum in the Department of Business at Tuskegee Institute. A survey questionnaire was designed and submitted to members of the Tuskegee Institute Business/Industry Cluster members who are principle employers of Tuskegee graduates. The…