Described the prediction of actual occupation from expressed vocational choice when enhanced by measures of career development. Subjects were junior class members of a national study who were working three years later (N=1,994). The Assessment of Career Development (ACD) scales did not contribute to the predictive accuracy of vocational choice.…

Outcomes of post-secondary vocational-technical and transfer education programs were assessed by examining students' status five years after enrollment. Outcome indicators included education and employment status, job relatedness, perceptions of effect on level of employment, and satisfaction with present job and past educational program. A…

In order to assess the outcomes of postsecondary vocational-technical-transfer programs, 4,350 students who had completed the American College Testing Programs Career Planning Program (CCP) in the fall of 1970 were surveyed to discover their educational-vocational decisions, experiences, and plans five years after their initial enrollment. Survey…

A total of 1,994 students (approximately 70% of those who participated in the American College Testing Program's Nationwide Study of Career Development) who were working more than half-time three years later responded to an extensive mailed questionnaire followup study seeking to describe the predictability of actual job choice from expressed…

The nationwide study examines career behavior patterns and work orientations of students five years after they began vocational-technical transfer programs at community colleges, technical schools, and similar kinds of institutions in the fall of 1970. The study sample consisted of 4,350 individuals selected from the national norm group who…