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Church, Kathleen – 1988
The results of a survey of the alumni of the class of 1981 of Arizona's three public universities are presented as part of the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. A letter and survey form were sent to all alumni in this class, and the response rate was good to excellent. Findings…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Role, Competition
Download full textWagner, Mary – 1989
The report of the National Longitudinal Transition Study presents initial findings on the educational and employment experiences since 1985-86 of more than 8,000 youth (ages 13 to 23) with disabilities. The report addresses two questions: How are youth with disabilities doing in their transition to adulthood? and What factors appear to have helped…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Attendance, Behavior Problems
Gosak, Alice – 1988
In 1988, a longitudinal study was conducted of 1,000 students entering San Jose City College's (SJCC) English as a Second Language (ESL) Program between fall 1982 and spring 1987. Data for the study were collected from randomly selected student information profiles completed by students during ESL placement testing and from student academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Lee, Beth S. – 1985
In spring 1984, the Los Rios Community College District conducted a survey of 4,280 former students who had attended one of the district's three colleges in fall 1982 or spring 1983. The study sought information on the former students' characteristics, primary educational goals, major programs of study, employment/educational status, and reasons…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
Jirak, Mary Ann; Lucas, John A. – 1987
A study was conducted at Illinois' William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to assess the current employment experiences of students who had been enrolled in the college's Executive Secretarial Program. The study population consisted of all 232 students who completed SEC-237 (Secretarial Seminar and Internship) between fall 1976 and spring 1986, and…
Descriptors: Business Skills, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Livieratos, Barbara B. – 1988
A study was conducted at Maryland's Howard Community College (HCC) to examine employers' views of the job readiness and vocational preparation of HCC graduates. The study sample included 55 employers of 1985 HCC graduates who agreed to have their employer contacted. The nursing program had the highest representation in the study sample, which…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Education Work Relationship
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1986
As part of an annual statewide evaluation process, quantitative information on community college education is reviewed by the Maryland State Board for Community Colleges. Subsequently, in particular cases, a qualitative assessment is conducted by individual colleges in response to specific questions raised by the Board. This report provides the…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education, Data Processing
Price, David W.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1982
Estimates were made of the effects of school lunch participation and various socioeconomic, anthropometric, and psychological variables on the consumption of 20 food items by 8- to 12-year-old children. The study sample consisted of 845 school children in the State of Washington, stratified by ethnic group and by poverty level so that it contained…
Descriptors: Blacks, Breakfast Programs, Cultural Influences, Eating Habits
Cass, Monte; Park, Frieda – 1985
This manual is designed to give placement and other school personnel detailed suggestions related to the formation and implementation of a school-based job placement service. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction which discusses goals for organizing and implementing job placement services, functions of a job placement service, and essential…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Education, Employment Potential, Employment Services
Robon, Nancy C. – 1981
Graduates of the Legal Assisting Technology program at the University of Toledo were surveyed in 1981, as part of the requirement of the American Bar Association Approval Process. Questionnaires, which are appended, were sent to graduates and employers. In addition to curriculum, information was gathered with respect to the job placement,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Forrest, Joy Davis – 1981
In 1980, a study was conducted to determine the characteristics, attitudes, and subsequent experiences of women who had completed the Women's Education Development Incentive (WENDI) re-entry program at Brevard Community College, Florida, in 1977. From the original mailing of 79 questionnaires, 33 usable responses were returned. Two-thirds of the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Educational Benefits
Gabbard, Lydia Carol Moore – 1981
A study compared the cost effectiveness of secondary child care and commercial foods occupational home economics programs in Kentucky. Identified as dependent variables in the study were program effectiveness, cost efficiency, and cost effectiveness ratio. Program expenditures, community size, and program age were considered as independent…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes
Nespoli, Lawrence A.; Radcliffe, Susan K. – 1982
In spring 1981, a survey was conducted to gather descriptive and evaluative data from the 1980 graduates of Howard Community College (HCC). Questionnaires were mailed to all 231 graduates soliciting demographic data and information on current activities, reasons for attending HCC, goal achievement, satisfaction with instruction and the college in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns
Dahl, Randall W. – 1982
Post-high school enrollment plans and specific choices of May 1980 Kentucky high school graduates were studied based on longitudinal data. The relationships between these choices and academic and personal background characteristics and future plans were analyzed. The analyses include both education-bound and noneducation-bound graduates, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Rosenthal, Linda; And Others – 1982
Based on existing data on enrollments, student characteristics and performance, and student follow-up, this report describes the status and quality of general education in the Maricopa County Community College District and recommends areas in which further research is needed. The first major section of the report presents a data summary. With…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
