This is a structured interview study of a 20% random sample consisting of 148 clients interviewed a year after leaving a rehabilitation center vocational program. Employment outcome is related to age, marital status, impairments, education, race, social class, program completion, attendance and punctuality. Clients' occupational distribution in…

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…

A total of 450 volunteer subjects from two major U.S. Navy Research and development laboratories participated in a field experiment designed to test methods for increasing individual self-development activities. Experimental subjects engaged in career planning efforts consisting of forecasting goal-setting, action-planning, and group discussion.…

In response to growing unemployment among professional personnel in the aerospace industry, a series of 175 workshops were conducted in 43 cities. Nearly 15,000 unemployed engineers and scientists attended the workshops and received job counseling and placement services from volunteer groups working to match skills and jobs. To evaluate the…

This manual presents the major steps in organizing, planning, and directing an evaluation of local vocational education programs using a systematic approach. The principles and practices outlined are largely based on the experiences of 33 schools in five states cooperating in demonstrations and try-outs of a system from 1963 to 1970. While most of…

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…

This study compared the career choices of high school seniors to the actual occupations they entered four years after graduation, to determine the extent to which high school seniors can predict career choices. The Indiana Vocational Technical College (IVTC) Questionnaire, Post High-School Educational and Career Plans of Senior Students was used…

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)

Reporting on a follow-up study of Baltimore (Maryland) schoolchildren, this article shows that long-term continuity in the level of school performance can be related to the child's early social environment. Focuses on how the nature of the children's early performance relates to their performance four to nine years later. (Author/GEA)

The article describes three follow-up assessment models (community setting, residential setting, and check-up clinic) explored by an interdisciplinary augmentative communication team. Services offered and training provided to professionals, parents, and university-based students, as well as costs, advantages, and disadvantages, are summarized.…

Using Tennessee Self Concept, the follow-up study evaluated 33 Navajo eighth graders who were part of a seventh grade daily prescriptive intervention program and were part of a previous study of 222 Navajo fifth graders given tests assessing their strength and needs so that an appropriate curriculum could be adopted. (NEC)

Data from a followup of the Freshman Norms Survey of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program are analyzed for the influence of participation in higher education on income, political attitudes, and job and life satisfaction. Possible impacts were found on the first two, but not on the others. (MSE)

After identifying methodological and research design problems with follow-up studies, researchers obtained interviews from participants (74 percent) in adult basic skills education programs in New Jersey. The effects of participation on acquisition of basic academic skills, employment, personal development, and family functioning were…

The behavior of children from a wide range of family backgrounds was observed in elementary school classrooms several years after program services had been delivered. The results indicated that program participants benefited, particularly in the area of academic learning behavior. (Author/BW)