This paper explores the way in which truancy levels are structured by individual social class and the social mix of the school within the Republic of Ireland, where limited research is available on the relationship between truancy and student outcomes. Drawing on a national survey of young people, truancy levels were found to be higher among…

This paper is based on the author's experiences of interviewing seven men and seven women who graduated from a Danish high school in 1980, at a moment when the upper secondary system underwent a process of democratisation. She questioned the informants as to the role education has played in their lives, and as to the sense their choice of…

This article explores a range of factors associated with excellent teaching from the perspective of past student groups. One hundred and thirty-nine respondents who had been asked to nominate one teacher for an excellence in teaching award provided comments on the reasons for their nomination. An exploration of these reasons is presented. Findings…

The purpose of this collective case study was to investigate the transitions of three effective teachers of literacy from pre-service to in-service teaching. As their university supervisor, I selected these students out of a group of pre-service teachers assigned to me for supervision during their eight-week student teaching requirement, based…

Universities are encouraged to widen access to a broad range of applicants, including mature students taking Access qualifications. Admissions tutors can find it difficult to compare and choose between Access and A-level applications, and Access applicants for popular courses may be disadvantaged relative to students with good A-levels. In this…

Little is known about the kind of learning that occurs when teachers' professional development is situated at the intersection between university coursework, school practices and the lived realities of local communities. This study explores five years of data from a graduate seminar for inservice teachers, which examines how schools are situated…

A growing number of American Library Association (ALA)-accredited library schools are offering distance education graduate programs, sparking a debate about the quality and acceptance of such degrees. Alumni of distance education Library and Information Science (LIS) programs were surveyed about their distance education experiences. Survey results…

The use of a stratified sampling procedure for conducting market surveys by alumni associations is discussed. A market survey with a 76.8 percent response rate is used to illustrate the potential success of the procedure, which can be implemented by alumni associations with computerized record systems. At the University of Missouri, Columbia, the…

PLACEMENT DATA ARE REPORTED FOR 5,066 VOCATIONAL GRADUATES FROM 83 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN CONNECTICUT REPRESENTING PROGRAM FIELDS IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE, DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, HOME ECONOMICS FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. OF THE 5,066…

The report on the career education program at Mamaroneck High School, New York, is presented in two sections. The first section relates to the high school Practical Arts department. Three overall objectives for the department are stated, followed by tabulations, for each course, of the numbers of students achieving teacher-constructed specific…

The objectives of this study were to collect general background information from all persons who had received degrees through Indiana University at South Bend's Division of Education during the years 1967-72 and to obtain an evaluation of the division's teacher education program from these same persons. The teacher education program consisted of…

This report briefly discusses the development of a survey instrument that will be used for an impact study of Wisconsin State University at River Falls. The questionnaire will be sent to 9,000 living graduates for whom addresses are available. Two books relevant to the study are briefly summarized. Both are entitled "They Went to…

A survey designed to elicit information concerning graduate school enrollment was issued in two parts in the early fall of 1972 and in January 1973. This document presents the results of the first part of the survey. Tables present the number of respondents with usable data to each question, the percentage that number represents of the total group…

The adequacy and effectiveness of an institution of higher education depends on a complex of factors, such as physical facilities, teaching faculty, offered curricula, nature of the student population, and the nature of the community. One often overlooked source of opinion are the graduates themselves, that is perhaps one of the most significant…

A survey of the job market for graduates of instructional media programs and statistics on the kinds of jobs taken by recent graduates. (HB)