The Tex-SIS Follow-up system First Year Graduate Survey involved 37 Texas community colleges and resulted in a total of 6,560 questionnaires processed from institutional surveys conducted during fall semester 1976. The average response rate was 59%. Following a section presenting the study highlights in graphic form, the monograph presents…

As the second assessment study of developmental education programs at state-assisted higher education institutions, this 1978 study reviews reports from 27 of 57 programs receiving funds from the Ohio legislature. Reports dealing with attitudes and opinions of the programs indicated that the responses of the majority of students were strongly…

This report summarizes the findings of the Developmental Continuity Consortium, a collaborative effort of twelve research groups conducting longitudinal studies on the outcomes of early education programs for low-income infants and preschool children initiated in the 1960's. The educational experiments conducted were of three general types: (1)…

This paper summarizes a larger report of the findings of the Developmental Continuity Consortium, a collaborative effort of twelve research groups conducting longitudinal studies on the outcomes of early education programs for low-income children initiated in the 1960's. Summarized are: (1) Methods (problems of secondary analysis, problems of…

The document provides the guidelines issued by the Florida State Commissioner of Education for school districts to use in implementing mandatory job placement services and followup studies. This comprehensive program includes all students, begins when students enter secondary or postsecondary educational programs, and continues until students are…

In order to design a long-range plan for developing and evaluating career education programs and services at Frederick Community College (Maryland), the following steps were taken: (1) 210 representatives of education, business, industry, and community organizations were selected to participate in a Delphi survey to define the goals of career…

The report was aimed at determining (1) the degree to which recommendations made at three statewide articulation institutes for administrators and vocational teachers from the Department of Education (D.O.E.) and the community colleges have been implemented, and (2) the relative effectiveness of those recommendations in relation to the current…

The followup survey of 1975 high school graduates from 10 schools participating in the Career Education Project at State Fair Community College (Missouri) was conducted nine months after graduation, and the results are presented for use in future program development and implementation. The survey of 795 graduates (93.2% responded) was conducted by…

This report summarizes a longitudinal study of 32,245 students enrolled for credit and new to 32 California community colleges during the fall quarter of 1972. Patterns of enrollment for six semesters are analyzed by a number of criteria: age at the time of community college entrance, sex, part-time versus full-time status, and freshman versus…

In fall 1974, 126 students who had been enrolled in vocational-technical programs at Leeward Community College during the 1973-74 academic year, and who had petitioned for graduation, were sent follow-up surveys. This report details their reactions to academic counseling and registration assistance. The 96 responses represent a 76 percent response…

In order to examine the academic performance of graduates from Crowder College (Neosho, Missouri) who had transferred to Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU), the grade point averages of three different groups of SMSU students were compared: (1) Crowder College transfers; (2) their undergraduate contemporaries at SMSU; (3) the entire group…

The study was made to determine the earnings of a sample group of Indiana high school vocational program graduates to ascertain the effect hypothesized training has on earnings of high school vocational graduates. The sample was randomly selected from 1972-73 graduates, stratified according to vocational program. Of the 18 independent variables…

This document contains the reports of two studies concerning the graduates of the University of Minnesota Technical College (UMTC) at Crookston. The first report analyzes the results of a survey of all graduates (1966-72) and of 1972 graduates in particular. It was found that most of the graduates were employed; of these, 82 percent were employed…

A questionnaire concerning educational and employment activities of the 1972 graduates of Bucks County Community College (BCCC) was mailed to all 645 Associate of Arts degree recipients. Responses were elicited from 436 (68 percent). Graduates' evaluations of their BCCC experience were also solicited. Sixty-nine percent entered BCCC directly from…

The Nursing graduates of Lakeland Community College (Ohio) from 1970 through and including 1973 were surveyed by a mail questionnaire to determine: where the nurses are employed, what types of jobs they hold, what are their salaries, what types of assignments are included in their nursing positions, and how they rate their education at Lakeland in…