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Download full textWilliams, Melanie Reeves; Kent, Laura – 1982
The status of blacks in U.S. higher education was studied as part of an investigation of four disadvantaged minority/ethnic groups. Attention was directed to: rates of educational access and attainment and factors influencing educational outcomes; trends in choice of college majors and careers; representation in various fields; personal and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, Black Teachers
Anderson, B. Harold; Naylor, Mary Lou – 1985
This handbook presents a model that helps vocational educators and other individuals, institutions, and agencies plan programs to maintain displaced workers' dignity and economic security. Section 1 discusses identification of displaced workers. Section 2 offers guidelines for developing a profile for a specific group of displaced workers. A list…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Career Change
Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1977
A group of high school self-reported dropouts and a group of simulated high school dropouts were compared with graduates in their participation rates, efforts required for data collection, and the overall quality of their responses in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The results indicate that dropouts are less…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Easom, Kenneth C.; And Others – 1978
One of seven guides developed to assist vocational-technical institutions in conducting a systemized approach to local evaluation, this follow-up and cost effectiveness guide provides a suggested procedure for conducting a needs assessment from the external sources of former students. This guide also suggests various uses of extant enrollment and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
Dahl, Randall W. – 1981
Personal and academic background characteristics of 1980 Kentucky high school graduates and the influence of these factors on the graduates' educational plans in general, and the relationship between the students' college of choice and the actual institution in which they enrolled were studied. The analysis was based on data drawn from an initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Yarger, Gwen P.; Broadbent, Frank – 1982
Program evaluations obtained from teachers who participated in Summer School in Action (SSIA), an inservice teacher training program in Syracuse, New York, are analyzed in this report. The program was designed to help teachers discover methods and materials best suited for their teaching activities. The evaluation focused on determining…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies
King, Jimmie, Jr.; Adams, Dennis T. – 1980
Research was conducted to provide a base of information applicable to revising the existing accounting curriculum in the Department of Business at Tuskegee Institute. A survey questionnaire was designed and submitted to members of the Tuskegee Institute Business/Industry Cluster members who are principle employers of Tuskegee graduates. The…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Donsky, Aaron P.; Judge, Albert J., Jr. – 1981
Academic and nonacademic variables that may predict persistence in the nursing program at Lakeland Community College, Ohio, were studied. The academic variables included American College Testing program standard scores, National League for Nursing (NLN) rank scores, high school grade point average, and previous college grade point average. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Aptitude Tests
Solmon, Lewis C.; Hurwicz, Margo-Lea – 1978
The outcomes of the employment situation for science and engineering PhDs were assessed through a survey of college and university departments and faculty members who had accepted new academic jobs or who had left academic jobs for other positions within the last three years. Faculty members who had accepted their first job after receiving the…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Opportunities, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees
Overall, J. U.; And Others – 1978
The long-term stability of students' evaluations of instructional effectiveness was investigated. The focus was on the extent and nature of realtionships between end-of-term and retrospective ratings. Ratings given by alumni one year after program completion were compared with ratings given by these individuals in 85 undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Magnusson, David – 1979
A longitudinal study conducted since 1965 in Sweden has investigated the role of higher education in the life situation of the individual adult. Study objectives have been to: chart the actual educational and vocational decisions made by young people; study the expectations of the individual concerning education and working life; identify…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Role, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
Dunteman, George H.; And Others – 1974
The first set of National Longitudinal Study (NLS) data was analyzed to derive composite scores to be used in subsequent analyses. The composites include a general ability measure, a socioeconomic status (SES) index, and factor scores from factor analyses of sets of question items measuring goals, attitudes, and other psychological attributes. The…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Factor Structure, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Williams, Stephen R.; Folsom, Ralph E., Jr. – 1976
As in any very large survey, the sample that provided data for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) differed from the random sample of the study design because of nonresponse from 226 of the 1,200 schools in the primary sample, and a small amount of other missing data. Part A of this report, briefly describes the…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
New York State Univ. System, Albany. – 1979
A summary of a conference sponsored by the University of the State of New York to disseminate the results of the 1976-77 follow-up study of the Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction is presented. Representatives from 10 states and various higher education associations were present. The conference focused on the following topics: (1) the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Advanced Placement, College Credits, Courses
KLAPPER, MORRIS; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING COORDINATED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, EDUCATIONAL, AND GUIDANCE SERVICES TO SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN BETWEEN 14 AND 16 ON THE PREMISE THAT THESE STUDENTS MIGHT BE UNABLE TO TAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF SERVICES INITIATED AT A LATER AGE. FIFTY-FIVE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 35…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis
