Cost-effectiveness of the American Indian Administrator Training Program as implemented at three universities constitutes the focus of this Bureau of Indian Affairs' program evaluation. This evaluation represents data derived from program participant questionnaires; onsite visits; personal interviews (students, directors, professors, and…

The Student Accountability Model (SAM) was developed by a consortium of 12 members, to provide a system of procedures for identifying and describing California community college occupational students and for obtaining information about them after they leave college. The two components of the model are the Student Accounting Component…

This survey of undergraduate teacher education was cosponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the Teacher Programs and Services Group of Educational Testing Services (ETS). Questionnaires were sent out in June 1973 to AACTE member institutions. A copy of the questionnaire is included as an appendix.…

Volume 3 of a 3-volume study of former Texas high school students who left as graduates or dropouts during the school years 1963-64 and 1968-69 consists entirely of the tabulated responses to the questionnaires. Related documents are available in this issue as VT 021 091, VT 021 092, and VT 021 093. (MF)

To investigate the extent to which Illinois gainful home economics cooperative education programs have contributed to the employability of graduates, questionnaires were mailed to 1969 and 1970 graduates seeking current employment status, ratings on the contribution of the training to specific employment competencies, current employer's assessment…

To identify the characteristics of students in 12 tchnical agriculture programs in Ohio and to determine the association between selected student characteristics, their success in the program, and their later vocational success, data were gathered from school records of the 12 programs. Questionnaires were mailed to a sample of 420 first and…

Current classroom problems affecting teachers within the potential teacher education population of Indiana University Northwest (IUN) were studied as part of a continuing effort to update the state of the art as it relates to the changing problems of teachers in the classroom. A review of past research suggests seven problem areas to be studied:…

A study was conducted to assess the relationship between the competencies taught in the Wisconsin Vocational-Technical and Adult Education system Airframe and Powerplant (A & P) Mechanics programs and the competencies actually needed on the job. Both A & P graduates and their employers were surveyed and asked to rate the relative job…

A study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Associate Degree Program for Traffic Engineering Technicians (TET's) offered at three community colleges on students' subsequent job performance as technicians. Data were collected by means of personal interviews and telephone interviews with 81 students, their primary instructors, and their…

A followup study of graduates and non-graduates of occupational-technical programs in Virginia Community College System institutions was conducted in order to develop a profile of such students, to ascertain their post-college activities, and to study their attitudes toward their community college experience and current employment. All former…

Data are presented on: accredited colleges, college enrollments, graduating classes, preprofessional education of matriculated students, geographic distribution of enrolees, women and ethnic minority student enrollment, residency education in podiatric medicine, and applicants to colleges of podiatric medicine. (LBH)

Results of a 13-item questionnaire mailed to Iona College graduates who had received "life experience" credits as part of their undergraduate degree are presented. The purpose of the study was to determine the acceptability of life-experience credits by graduate schools to improve advising and advocacy activities. (Author/LBH)

Graduates of the University of Nebraska's medical school preceptorship program, in which students choose their preceptors from rural sites and are exposed to the social and economic aspects of rural practice, were surveyed after entering private practice about the program's effects on them. (MSE)

Reports on a survey of graduates of the library program at Ahmadu Bello University which examined the quantity and quality of graduates, types of libraries in which they are employed, the extent to which the program prepared them to work in various library departments, and their satisfaction with library work. (28 references) (CLB)

In order to explore whether or not the same theoretical model of schooling is appropriate in both private and public schools, the model from the High School and Beyond study was examined. Results indicated that the model was equally applicable in both schools. Differences between schools were discussed. (Author/GDC)