Information from 823 of the 1,127 non-teaching agricultural education graduates from Iowa State University from January 1940 to July 1964 was examined to investigate environmental factors influencing agricultural education graduates to teach vocational agriculture and reasons for leaving vocational agriculture teaching. Examination of the data…

A survey of associate- and bachelor-level graduates from a selected group of external degree programs (EDP) is described with emphasis on survey methodology. Likely employers of EDP graduates were also surveyed regarding their hiring and promotion policies in this study aimed at developing appropriate methods of assessing the acceptability and…

An analysis is made of the personal and educational experiences of the 1972, 1974, and 1976 graduates of two high schools, based on their responses to a survey form sent during the month of April, 1977. Data from parents and employers of these students, as well as from students who had left school before graduating, are also included. The…

This booklet provides data from a survey of more than 400 graduates in English from the University of Connecticut, showing what those graduates are doing, what value they now place on an English major, and what advice they might give undergraduates now majoring in English. Responses to the survey are listed within these categories: administration,…

As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii community colleges, a survey was designed and mailed to 1971-72 graduates three years after graduation. The questionnaire was composted of two parts: (1) a general evaluation of the community college experience; (2) detailed analysis of present activity. In all, 1,354…

This report presents the findings of a research study conducted by Alvin Community College (ACC) as a subcontractor for Project FOLLOW-UP, which analyzed orientation and exit interview effects and their relationship to follow-up research on selected withdrawing and graduating students at ACC. Subjects of the study were 595 ACC students, 257 males…

This report details the research activities conducted by Del Mar College, as a subcontractor of Project FOLLOW-UP, in the design, development, and implementation of a graduate follow-up system. The activities included questionnaire design, development of manual and computerized record-keeping systems, student-graduate identification, and…

This report details the research activities conducted by San Antonio College (SAC) as a subcontractor of Project FOLLOW-UP, in the design, development, and implementation of a graduate follow-up system. Numerous information gathering techniques, including personal interviews and follow-up questionnaires, were attempted. Four different groups of…

Three out of ten college graduates and other advanced degree recipients enter employment in private companies. The document focuses on this situation and describes the characteristics of two cohorts of college graduates (who entered college in 1961 and 1966) several years after graduation (1971). The study is based on responses from 127,212…

In order to determine how the Technical Nursing Program at Florida Junior College (FJC) was contributing to the success or failure of its graduates, a questionnaire was sent to 30 FJC graduates who had taken the State Board Examination between December 1972 and December 1973 and who were locally employed. All of these students had been exposed to…

Responses from 195 (89.4 percent) of 218 graduates during 1965-69 provided information which related to the present status and effectiveness of the industrial arts teacher education and the industrial technical/technology programs at Murray State University. Conclusions were: (1) 90 percent of the teacher education graduates and 60 percent of the…

This report on the placement status of engineering and technology graduates in 1973 is presented on the basis of survey data obtained from registrars and placement directors of institutions in the U.S. The numbers of graduates were: 43,429 bachelor's, 16,718 master's, 434 engineer, and 3,587 doctor's degree graduates in engineering; (2) 18,316…

Vocational education administrators must think of themselves as managers of manpower development systems and apply tools of management to achieve their objectives. To do this a theoretical model, called the Manpower Conversion Equation, was developed from which six basic vocational education objectives could be generated deductively. The model…

The primary purpose of the study was to ascertain the present employment status, plans for future education, attitude toward existing local educational programs, and attitude toward education in general of the 629 adults who passed the General Education Development (GED) test after preparation at one of the 14 learning centers in Kentucky during…

Growing professionalization in rehabilitation counseling has been offset recently by the New Careers movement and its emphasis on the use of subprofessionals. To analyze recruitment and retention of personnel in the face of this changing professionalism, this report compares the spring 1965 graduates with a national sample of practicing…