A report on the placement status of engineering and technology graduates in 1972 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: (1) 44,190 bachelor's, 17,003 master's, 353 engineer, and 3,774 doctorate degrees in engineering, and (2) 22,578…

The 1970 Kansas Legislature created a Master Planning Commission on Postsecondary Education. A major charge of the Commission was to determine what the optimum role, financial structure, and school organization should be for (1) community junior colleges offering one or more of the following educational programs: 2-year general, terminal,…

This study was designed to supply data on career patterns of teacher education graduates of three Iowa Regent's Universities. The research was aimed at answering the following questions: (1) What full-time occupations have been pursued by the graduates of one, five, and ten years ago? (2) What factors influenced acceptance of employment in…

To provide input for curriculum evaluation, a study to identify basic competencies required for entry-level positions in the marketing/merchandising field was conducted in Wisconsin vocational education districts. Marketing and merchandising graduates and their employers were surveyed by mailed questionnaire to determine the degree of performance…

The School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee Institute was established to serve the educational needs of Blacks in this profession, and represented the beginning of the third phase in the evolution of veterinary medical education in this country. All three phases are discussed, and the success of the School's graduates is assessed. (JMD)

Reports responses of ninety high school graduates to a "consumer competencies" questionnaire developed for a doctoral dissertation. Findings may provide some evidence that consumer education in home economics courses can help young adults to be more intelligent consumers and may also provide a basis for planning consumer education programs. (MF)

Reports on a survey conducted to provide data on past and future estimates of supply and demand in the internship market place and on current and anticipated financial support for clinical psychology graduate students and interns. (Author/AM)

A critical review of the research methodology used in the Wilms study on the effectiveness of public and proprietary vocational training. Focus is on the overall design, data collection, data analysis, and derived conclusions and implications, with the conclusion that the study has some significant design and methodological limitations. (Editor/JT)

Designed to measure and compare the satisfaction and satisfactoriness of office employees eighteen months after graduation from APEX model office (a simulated training program), cooperative office education, and office procedures courses, this study also sought to determine any differences among the three programs on a number of job and…

A survey of two cohorts of men and women who received Ph.D. degrees did not support hypotheses that the lower earnings of the women were due to their voluntary decisions, e.g., career interruptions. It was concluded that this study confirmed and extended other recent research that discrimination is a major source of sex differentials. (MF)

A survey conducted by the Division of Teacher Education, Indiana University, found that 85 percent of beginning teachers prepared for ethnic minority settings were successful in finding jobs. (MM)

Alumni of professional (691) and postprofessional (235) Master's programs in occupational therapy were given the Master's Program Graduate Level Self-Assessment. Postprofessional alumni perceived their program to be of higher quality in environment for learning, scholarly excellence, teaching quality, faculty concern, curriculum, and resources.…

The results of a college of optometry graduate survey, designed to gather information on how the clinical program has prepared professionals for practice during the last 10 years, are reported and the questionnaire used is included. (MSE)

A random sample of recent graduates of the University of North Carolina one year after graduation examined the relationships between graduate characteristics and their perception of the extent of accomplishment of eight possible outcomes of their undergraduate experience. (MLW)

Reports a study that looked at (1) educational and employment differences among male/female students and alumni and (2) perceived sexism in the workplace. Found, among other results, that male alumni were twice as likely as females to report being extremely satisfied with their jobs, salaries, and chances for advancement. (PD)