The followup study updates information originally presented in "A Report of the Survey to Measure Nursing Needs and Resources in Nebraska, 1950-1951." After explaining the method used to obtain the data and its limitations, several factors are cited affecting the determined needs. Tabulated data are presented as the basis for comments in…

To determine how effectively the Secretarial Studies Department's program was meeting the needs of its students, a follow-up study was conducted of former Montgomery Community College Secretarial Studies students. The survey sought to determine, in particular, if the students had secured employment that was related to their course work at the…

Research was conducted to determine whether statistical sampling techniques' could be applied effectively in followup studies of high school graduates and, if so, what sampling model is most appropriate. Records at four high schools in the Santa Barbara area were examined to develop statistical, demographic profiles of two populations, the 1970…

The symposium to which the present paper is an introduction presents results from a 1970 survey in which over 12,000 high school juniors were tested using selected portions of the 1960 Project TALENT battery. This paper discusses the methodology of the 1970 survey. It also presents statistics which summarize the performance of the current eleventh…

Information-giving limits itself to the simple giving of information while referral represents the hand that assists the client in contacting the service he wishes to reach. In addition to information-giving, referral may include: directing the person to a specific agency, how to get there and whom to see; providing encouragement to the person to…

Follow-up seeks to renew contact with a person who has been informed about and/or referred to a service to determine if he has been linked successfully to the service he needs. Thus, follow-up is designed to: get services for people who did not get them the first time; make agencies more accountable for their service, secure planning information…

This study was designed to determine the present status of former Louisiana Technological University students who failed to complete the requirements for graduation in vocational agriculture, business, and home economics education curriculums. To determine why these students left school and to secure their opinions as to what actions could have…

This handbook is designed to enable high schools to conduct follow-up studies on their graduates for 5 years after graduation. The information gathered should give schools pertinent data about: (1) post high school activities of graduates; (2) reactions of graduates to counseling and guidance opportunities; (3) reactions of graduates to…

The hypothesis that junior college transfer students are not as efficient in completing their degree programs at Western Michigan University (WMU) as students beginning and completing their college education there, was investigated. Efficiency for individual students was defined by five variables: (1) years required to complete degree…

This appendix contains materials on the development and validation of instruments and scales used to assess the nursing program of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Canada. Some of the instruments included the following: (1) Introductory Information Questionnaire, which investigates students' socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds,…

The Extension Division Committee of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, in addressing itself to evaluating teaching effectiveness in extension-administered programs, held as central concerns: (1) that most evaluation systems tend to be subjective; (2) that evaluations of programs and faculty who taught in them must be undertaken; (3) that…

A random 5% sample of those 6,341 day college students who were enrolled in the fall of 1972-73 but not in the spring of 1972-73 were telephoned to gather followup information. Of the 316 students in the sample, 91 were contacted and provided the following information: (1) most were not currently enrolled in college anywhere; those who were…

Four groups of gifted, underachieving students in intermediate grades were given different treatments for 6 months during the school year 1961-62. Results were based on 36 students, 10 in the human relations group, 11 in the academic group, 8 in the individually counselled group, and 7 in the control or maturation group. Following the treatment…

This follow-up study of Portland Community College (PCC, Oregon) graduates was conducted to determine where graduates are, what they are doing, and how well their employers rate their performance. Information was gathered from postcard surveys sent to the 1971 graduates, and subsequent questionnaires sent to these students and to their employers.…

In order to provide students with a semi-independent study/learning environment, a Learning Materials Center (LMC) was developed at Cerritos College (California). Of the four courses in the LMC program, Math-30 (elementary algebra) was chosen for study because it provided opportunities for follow-up studies. The purpose of this study was to…