This document represents a follow-up study of college seniors who graduated in the spring of 1972. The first stage of the research dealt with the career related aspirations, expectations, and apprehensions of 1,858 American college seniors of the class of 1972. This document, which is the second stage of the study, is based on data obtained from…

Using 959 members of the September 1968 freshman class of Mesa Community College, Arizona, this study analyzed the relationship of American College Testing Program (ACT) test battery placement scores to junior college grade point averages (GPA) for freshmen entering as adults and for those entering as recent high school graduates. Recent graduates…

This fiscal year 1969 report presents new developments affecting training in the Federal service, followed by training data and analyses, and a statistical review. Part 1 reviews new policy, training for supervisors and executives, service to the undereducated and other special employee groups, and two court decisions. Part 2 indicates variance in…

This study assessed the effects of selected environmental factors on the post-high school adjustment of male Negroes from 12th-grade Project TALENT sample. Environmental influences were (1) Negro density in high school, (2) urban or rural school population, and (3) geographic region. Post-high school adjustment variables were (1) job stability,…

These background papers concentrate on the problem of obsolescence and adult competence; the educational significance of adult roles, developmental tasks, and changing value orientations throughout the life cycle; the effect of work careers on adult education participation; choice of subject matter and methods of study; specific reasons for…

The problem of delinquency is examined through a study of 300 boys in the three culture groups of lower-class Anglo-American residents of the Southwest United States (non Spanish or Indian culture), lower-class Mexican-Americans (residents of the United States of Mexican extraction), and lower-class Mexicans (residents of Mexico). The methodology…

This study, while also surveying nationwide poverty, concentrated on the ability of Federal income maintenance and manpower policies to alleviate poverty in a selected Mississippi group. Over 3,200 Mississippi families were analyzed for family characteristics and household heads' educational, training, and employment status. Findings included the…

The primary objectives of this study were to examine the career patterns of male liberal arts alumni and their roles in a society that emphasizes science and specialized skills. A questionnaire and covering letter were mailed to 18,004 persons, and 10,877 completed and returned the questionnaires. The classes of 1948, 1953, and 1958 were those…

The study examined the individual, job related, and training variables that affected turnover in six NAB-JOBS Federally funded training programs for the disadvantaged. Three different sources of data were used. First, demographic and wage information was obtained on all trainees in five companies in order to run a regression analysis. Second, case…

General objectives were to develop and implement computer-based procedures for obtaining validated data on the characteristics of vocational school students and to convert this data into counseling information. Two types of data-information conversion procedures were field-tested: similarity scores based on discriminant analysis, and success…

This study is based on data collected in the first through fourth stages of a 5-year longitudinal study of 5,225 young men in the national civilian noninstitutional population who were 14 to 24 years of age at the time of the initial (Autumn 1966) interview. The purpose of this progress report is to describe the magnitudes and patterns of change…

Fifty-nine inmates, men and women, from two correctional institutions were randomly assigned to eight groups to test the effect of book discussion on attitudes. The four experimental groups read and discussed weekly a series of six titles during the 12-week program. The four control groups met three times to participate in a reading interest…

The problem was to evaluate the self-concept differences revealed in the personality profiles of underdeveloped junior high school boys who had been participating in a special non-competitive program of physical education. Five subproblems were explored. The underdeveloped boys were compared with junior high athletes for personality differences. A…

In the Polish Peoples Republic, all citizens have become fully equalized in terms of political and social rights, but there are still both external and internal barriers to female emancipation, particularly in the country. While women, in general, find it difficult to juggle their increasing roles, women living in the country have additional…

Powerful pressures are compelling company officers and managers to take a long, careful and objective look at their women employees. The effects of legislation and legal action, the perception of what is right and fair, and corporate concern with profit and public image are among the factors that are fostering employer interest in the critical…