Project TALENT is a national longitudinal study which tests secondary school students with a two-day test battery. This paper reports on a follow-up study made five years after the tests were given to a sample of 440,000 high school students to determine the degree of correspondence between test results and later realization of career plans.…

Three studies, requested by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, were conducted by the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide information about the Indian high school student and graduate in the Southwest. These studies--a dropout study, a high school graduate follow-up study, and a 4-year longitudinal…

This report is a follow-up study of the experiences and reactions of students in the 1965 entering class of the College Discovery Program, the students having been enrolled in the following community colleges: Bronx, Queensborough, Kingsborough, Manhattan, and New York City. The areas covered in the report are: attrition from the College Discovery…

This report describes the early childhood educator training programs of the 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care) project, held in Milwaukee and Dane Counties, Wisconsin from 1970 to 1973. The goal of the training programs was to help teacher-directors, teachers, teacher-aides, and parent-assistants become aware of ways to improve and expand…

In the Salinas Union High School District, California, diplomas are presented to qualified students at the end of either the fall or the spring semester. Graduation requirements specify courses, number of semesters, proficiency (or remedial in lieu of substitution), and number of cumulative units. Therefore, at mid-year two bodies of seniors are…

This report discusses a study made to obtain information that would improve the quality of the Bakersfield College nursing-education program and lead to a better match between supply and demand in the nursing labor market in the Bakersfield area. The five parts of the report are: 1. Methodology; 2. Results of Responses to Questionnaire Items; 3.…

Prefacing its comments with an explanatory note concerning the reason for its organization, purpose, and procedure, the Committee utilizes half its report statistically documenting various factors in nursing practice and nursing education in Virginia. The statistics are based on a study, "Nursing and Health Care in Virginia", by Thomas…

This is one of a series of reports on the National Longitudinal Study of Mathematical Abilities (NLSMA). It is an analysis of a follow-up survey conducted on the Z-Population (students in grades 10-12) approximately one year after the students completed grade 12. (NLSMA Reports Nos. 3, 6, 7, and 9 contain background information on the…

A study based on an individual tracking design for both teachers and pupils was conducted. It reports teacher and pupil continuance and transience data for each of the seven models as well as for the total program. A review of relevant literature was conducted. Four sources of information were used to pinpoint the total Follow Through pupil…

An investigation was made of the job proficiency of the graduates of an experimental job-oriented training program for Electronics Technician (X-ET). This program was designed to train lower-aptitude personnel in a relatively shorter time to assume ET duties in the fleet. The fleet performance capabilities of 51 X-ET's and a matched sample of 43…

In order to evaluate resident and non-resident experiences in relation to a home management program, questionnaire responses were solicited from a select group of home economics graduates. Based on analysis of data collected by questionnaire, it was found that 84 percent of the resident group and 60 percent of the non-resident group stated that,…

The major purpose of this study was to evaluate the importance of the basic elements of the courses taught in the industrial arts teacher education program at Black Hills State College. Another purpose was to obtain data relative to the status and geographic location of the graduates. A list of 86 graduates who majored in industrial arts from 1960…

The 5-year followup study of the first 177 students, ages 6 to 12 years, who were enrolled in a public school program of special classes for the learning disabled (LD) sought to define factors contributing to the learning problems and affecting the students' progress or lack of it in the special classes. LD students included those whose disability…

This report discusses the success of desensitization techniques in alleviating specific anxiety but its failure in treating generalized anxiety. Anxiety management training (AMTO has been developed to overcome some of the deficiencies of desensitization approaches. Through the use of instructions and cues to arouse anxiety responses and the…

Summarized is a followup to a larger study concerning job satisfaction characteristics of associate degree graduates of technology programs at Pennsylvania State University. Involving students graduating during the period from 1955 through 1971, the study sought to determine: (1) the present status of the graduates, (2) job information about the…