This report covers the objectives, procedures, and findings of four major projects directed by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Correction (EMLC): (1) Token Economy (Ecology) Project, (2) Correctional Officer Training Project, (3) Longitudinal Follow-Up Studies, and (4) Information Dissemination and Utilization Project. EMLC grew out of an…

This study was conducted as part of a larger study to determine characteristics common to Associate Degree graduates of six technical education programs at Pennsylvania State University so as to determine its relevance and relative effectiveness to the population it served. It is the second followup in the longitudinal study. Data were derived…

To determine parents' attitudes toward the Nebraska Vocational-Technical School and their assessment of their children's occupational aspirations, questionnaires were sent to the parents of students who graduated from or left the school in the years 1965 through 1969. Findings indicated that a majority of the respondents had some knowledge of the…

Used by Total Information for Educational Systems in the evaluation of the White Bear Senior High School evaluation of its flexible modular scheduling program, this is for students who have graduated from high school. It includes sections on marital, educational, occupational and military information. The questionnaire is arranged with multiple…

Two concurrent studies, full and part-time students enrolled in 1968 and in 1971, were undertaken at Santa Fe Community College to investigate student attrition. The 1968 sample consisted of 43% females and 56% males, with 50% ranging in age from 17 to 20, and 34% married. The graduate group was 40% of the total, but there was no significant…

The purpose of the project was to train parents and teachers of hearing impaired children in the use of cued speech and to provide support services to 10 schools and programs to enable them to serve as models. During 1968-69, 3537 parents and teachers attended workshops and demonstrations, and 486 parents in 41 classes received an average of 15.7…

This follow-up study of associate degree graduates from career curricula at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC, Pennsylvania), attempts to: (1) investigate the activities of these graduates; and (2) obtain opinions from these graduates and their employers about their education and employment. Data were obtained from questionnaires sent to the…

The primary objective of the Three-Year Nor Cal Attrition Study was to demonstrate that community colleges could overcome the "revolving door" problem and help potential dropouts. It was further realized that the rich descriptive data base that Nor Cal had collected could be of use to the entire academic community. Although grand totals…

Reported was a behavior therapy program emphasizing language training for 20 autistic children who variously exhibited apparent sensory deficit, severe affect isolation, self stimulatory behavior, mutism, echolalic speech, absence of receptive speech and social and self help behaviors, and self destructive tendencies. The treatment emphasized…

Reported were two experiments which investigated, respectively, the maintenance of appropriate classroom behavior in children with behavior problems following treatment in an experimental classroom and cross situational consistency and generalization of treatment effects. In the first experiment followup performances of two groups of five subjects…

FOLLOWUP STUDY TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH WERE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE OR LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WERE IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED FOR PURPOSES OF PROGRAM EVALUATION. PROCEDURES CONSISTED ESSENTIALLY OF GATHERING AND ANALYZING SECONDARY SOURCE MATERIALS, INCLUDING PERTINENT PUBLICATIONS AND STUDIES.…

During academic year 1974-75, 256 former Los Angeles City College (L.A.C.C.) students entering the University of California (90% at UCLA). Of these, 14% were eligible to have entered directly from high school and 86% were ineligible. Male GPA's (grade point averages) at the university were higher than female for the "eligibles" while…

Evaluated with 104 experimental and 104 control Ss (at the elementary grade level) was whether the academic and behavioral gains made after 1 or 2 years of part-time placement in a behaviorally oriented resource room would be maintained following full-time attendance in a regular class for 2 or 3 years. (Author/DB)

A study of the relationship between participation in institutional vocational education programs in Minnesota correctional institutions and employment status during parole supports the theory that correctional vocational education can help to increase the employability of exoffenders. Data on parolees' employment status and reincarceration are…