Miami-Dade Community College has conducted an annual survey of its graduates for nearly a decade. In the past, the processing and tabulation of results were essentially manual operations. This paper describes a recently-developed computerized system which carries out most of the processing of this survey up through the tabulation of results. The…

A cost-benefit study of vocational-technical education was conducted at Southwest Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Institute in 1974. Thirty surveys were mailed to students who had graduated in May 1973 from the account clerk program or the business administration-accounting program at Southwest Tech. Thirty-one surveys were mailed to those who had…

Covering the period of June 1974 to May 1975, the report describes and evaluates the second year activities of a comprehensive K-14 career education project in a three-county rural area of Missouri. As a result of the third party evaluation the following conclusions were reached. The project has had a desired positive impact on teachers in the 10…

Of 391 living participants in the 10-year-old Academic Administration Internship Program (AAIP), 320 or 82 percent completed the questionnaire, which became the basis of this evaluation study. Survey data were used to determine the current status of the AAIP alumni and fellows, the usefulness of the AAIP experience in their careers, the national…

The study summarizes the information collected from 1960-70 industrial arts teacher education program graduates in four New York State institutions which offered a program. Questionnaires were sent to 2,523 graduates of which 1,796 were returned. Information was collected regarding their employment patterns, economic and social factors that…

In order to compose a picture of the typical master's level graduate of special education programs at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), a follow-up study involving 52 recent graduates was conducted. Each graduate was mailed a questionnaire designed to gather data in five areas: personal information, employment status, financial…

As part of a project to assess the effectiveness of the Technical Nursing Program at Florida Junior College (FJC) at Jacksonville in providing its graduates with job entry skills, a list of 38 technical nursing competencies was compiled, and an instrument was developed which requested three groups of jurors to rate these competencies according to…

Forty-four alumni of the Sloan School of Management classes of 1961, 1962, and 1963 were followed up in 1973 by means of interviews and questionnaires to determine: (1) career paths followed; (2) value changes observed; and (3) relationships between value changes and career events. Careers were conceptualized in terms of "career anchors," five…

The survey of SUC, Fredonia graduate students who were awarded advanced degrees from December 1969 to June 1974 was designed and conducted during the first semester of 1975, with focus on the educational, economic, and social traits of the graduate degree recipients. Opinions and attitudes about the college were solicited in the 74-item…

The 1974 followup program of former vocational, technical, and adult education students of Sarasota County (Florida) and an employer followup survey are presented in the document. The student survey was sent to 778 vocational preparatory graduates and leavers and 486 were returned. Information was sought concerning their employment status,…

In order to determine the biographical characteristics of Connecticut community college graduates, to identify their educational and career objectives and experience, and to investigate the attitudes of graduates toward their community college experience, a survey instrument was designed and administered to 2,911 June 1975 graduates in transfer,…

Conducted as a part of the Needs Assessment Project, a study was made primarily to develop an instrument that could help community college decision makers determine the proportion of students that were working in areas related to those studied in college. Additional information to be obtained included the reasons for attending college, graduates'…

Graduates of Atlantic Community College (ACC) from 1968 to 1972 were surveyed as to their personal characteristics, background, college attendance prior to ACC enrollment, ACC academic background, present main endeavor, employment or further education since ACC graduation, and evaluation of ACC experience. Of the 1,331 questionnaires mailed, 32…

This report presents a review of follow-up studies of former occupational-technical students at community colleges throughout the nation. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of follow-up studies in measuring attainment of educational goals stated in community college catalogs and literature. This evaluation was made by studying the…

Mahoning Valley Vocational School (MVVS) is the only resident occupational training program in Ohio under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA). For this reason and because it is an innovation in youth training in the United States, the school was evaluated for its efficiency and its effectiveness in preparing youth for the world of…