Residential summer work programs in a camp setting for disadvantaged high school youth from welfare families were conducted in the summers of 1967 (in Montezuma, Colorado) and 1968 (in Montezuma, Colorado and Jamaica, Vermont). Followup activities during the school year following the youths' summer camp work program were part of overall project…

This paper reports the progress to date and plans of the Appalachian Consortium Special Development Project, funded under Title III of the Higher Education Act. The participating institutions joined the consortium because it was felt that only through a cooperative arrangement could they overcome the limitations of inadequate resources arising…

An overview is provided of factors considered relevant to gaining and maintaining the participation of subjects in longitudinal studies. Research findings indicate that the response rate can be affected by various aspects of the questionnaire, type of sponsorship, use of incentives, special mailing techniques, and followup procedures. Other…

This followup study was conducted to determine the need for and relevance of associate degree industrial programs at Pennsylvania State University. More specifically, the study sought to determine the relationships between geographic and job mobility characteristics of associate degree graduates since their graduation. Responses from…

This was used as part of the White Bear Senior High School evaluation of its flexible modular scheduling program. This phase of the study was in cooperation with Total Information for Educational Systems. It is for students who graduated from the school. Sections of the questionnaire deal with personal and occupational information. It is arranged…

The appendix analyzed evaluation and followup data from the Institute for Movement Therapy whose procedures the Integrated Management of Cerebral Palsy project attempted to replicate. Examined were data from over a 15 year period for 866 patients treated for a broad range of motoric disabilities. Data concerned independence in eating dressing,…

As a result of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, many changes have occurred in the public schools. The primary purpose of this volume is to document these changes. Five reports from the National Advisory Council extend from July 15, 1969 to June 21, 1971. Excerpts from the state advisory councils' 1970 annual reports are included for…

This study on teacher attitudes and practices is a followup of 85 teachers who one year earlier had attended an institute on the disadvantaged. Two objectives of the questionnaire survey were: (1) to determine whether there was a difference between teachers' attitudes and their perception of their administrators' viewpoints and (2) to determine…

The alleged characteristic drop in grade point average (GPA) of transfer students and the subsequent rise in GPA was investigated in this study. No statistically significant difference was found in first term junior year GPA between junior college transfers and native Florida State University students after the variance accounted for by the…

A general report of significant and interesting data generated by the CSE Alumni Survey is presented. The survey explored a variety of activities, interests, views, judgments, and experiences of men and women who had graduated from college at mid-century. One section of the questionnaire is related to community affairs, national and state…

Primary validation of the Nor Cal questionnaire was accomplished in Phase 2 of the Nor Cal Attrition Study. The results of the primary validation were reported in the document entitled, "Phase 2 Final Report," (ED 039 879). The primary validation showed that the consortium-wide empirical validity varied from .65 to .67 depending upon whether or…

Fluctuations in financial and enrollment conditions have caused the faculty at Cerritos College (California) to be periodically subjected to intense pressure and to be held responsible for high student withdrawal rates, alternating with periods of administrative indifference. Concomitantly, college policy on non-punitive student course withdrawal…

A follow-up study of 1975 Los Angeles City College nursing program graduates was conducted to determine the degree of success achieved by the graduates on the State Board Test Pool Examination, to compare the achievement of 1975 graduates to that of 1974 and 1973 graduates, to assess their degree of success in obtaining employment, to determine…

This document presents a compilation of possible formats for questions which can be used in preparing follow-up questionnaires for community/junior college students. The compilation resulted from the review and selection of pertinent questions from approximately fifty follow-up questionnaires obtained from sources both within and outside of Texas.…

To investigate the effects of cued speech on speech reception (speechreading), cued and non-cued phrases and sentences were presented at normal and slow rates, with and without hearing aids, to eight profoundly deaf 8- to 12-year-old subjects who had been tested the previous year. (Author/LS)