The second in a series of reports providing information about current and former students of Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania), this study describes the graduates of the college, their post-graduate activities, and their evaluations of experiences at the college. A questionnaire was distributed to alumni who were graduated in 1966,…

In this study, a group of first graders who had attended full-year Head Start were compared cognitively to a group of first graders who had been eligible for Head Start but did not attend. Results of the study may be suspect because the children who participated in Head Start were selected from the most deprived of those eligible; therefore study…

The introduction to this paper defines educational evaluation, offers historical details on this facet of higher education, and presents the subject in perspective against the broad spectrum of higher education. Section 2 presents a general overview of practices and literature on teacher preparation and educational evaluation, and section 3…

This project was an effort to field test a theoretical model suggested in an American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education publication entitled "An Illustrated Model for the Evaluation of Teacher Education Graduates." The model was designed to obtain objective, quantifiable data on graduates of the teacher preparation program of Western…

This report focuses on the vocational and educational activities and accomplishments of the graduates of the University of Illinois. Results of a questionnaire survey indicated 83.0 percent of the graduates responding to the survey were employed. There was virtually no difference in the employment rate for men and women graduates. Married women,…

This is the sixth in a series of follow-up studies of the baccalaureate graduates of the University of Virginia. Data were obtained from 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1972 graduate's responses to a questionnaire seeking information from them about 6 months after graduation. The responses from baccalaureate graduates in all undergraduate…

York County (Canada) rolled back the age requirement for kindergarten admission so as to permit the enrollment of four-year-olds wherever space was available. This was done because kindergarten enrollment in many communities were declining and if junior kindergartens were established in all community schools, many would have very small…

A follow-up study of graduates from St. Mary's Junior College (Minnesota) associate degree nursing program is used to demonstrate a multi-trait, multi-method basis for arriving at faculty judgments about the outcomes of a program. The follow-up study attempted to determine: (1) graduates' and employing agencies' perceptions of competencies four…

In 1968 1,225 students graduated from Los Angeles City College (LACC) with an A.A. degree. This study reports on a follow-up questionnaire survey of 578 of these graduates who had responded to an earlier questionnaire. The results of the survey are based on the responses of 281 graduates (representing a 49% return to the questionnaire and 23% of…

IN THE 1964-65 AND 65-66 SCHOOL YEARS, TWO FOLLOWUP STUDIES OF FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS PROVIDED DATA FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY 624 FORMER PUPILS FROM A SAMPLE OF 2,653 WHO ENTERED THE 10TH GRADE IN THE FALL OF 1959 OR THE SPRING OF 1960. ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings and activities of the Program Evaluation Project. Followup is an integral part of a goal oriented evaluation, providing the opportunity for the collection of various forms of outcome data as well as consumer satisfaction information. This chapter discusses the history and implementation…

The present follow-up study was undertaken to determine the extent to which avoidance of self-disclosure was as characteristic of the middle sessions of psychotherapy as it is of the initial sessions. (Author)

Kent criticizes Patterson's study on treating the behavior problems of boys, on several methodological bases concluding that more rigorous research is required in this field. Patterson answers Kent's criticisms arguing that they are not based on sound grounds. Patterson offers further evidence to support the efficacy of his treatment procedures.…

The ability of aversive conditioning and contingency management to control smoking was compared. Although contingency management was more effective in the short run, at a six-month follow-up treatment effects were no longer evident. (SE)

Differences in life adjustment patterns were studied in two groups of high school graduates (one group of 20 educable mentally handicapped Ss and the other 20 students from a cooperative work training program). (PHR)