This follow-up study of Portland Community College (PCC, Oregon) graduates was conducted to determine where graduates are, what they are doing, and how well their employers rate their performance. Information was gathered from postcard surveys sent to the 1971 graduates, and subsequent questionnaires sent to these students and to their employers.…

The purpose of the study was to ascertain (1) the types of jobs the graduates possessed and (2) the relationships between previous employment or formal education and current employment. The factors most significantly related to one's present job were college employment, whether one's psychological base learned during the respondent's academic…

A followup study of 167 hearing impaired graduates from Pennsylvania educational institutions from 1970-1975 was conducted. Four instruments--a student questionnaire, an educational history form, a parent followup survey, and an employer survey were used to gather data. Among results were that the jobs held by deaf Ss did not require the use of…

In January 1976, a letter and questionnaire were sent to undergraduate alumni of the classes of 1971 through 1975 to obtain information about post-graduation activities as they related to undergraduate majors. More than half the graduates who got jobs after graduating did so in areas related to their major and at a professional or…

The paper describes a variety of analytical difficulties facing prospective users of the first follow-up of the National Center for Education Statistics National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) and suggests some possible approaches to coping with these. The primary focus is on the causes and consequences of selective…

Earnings of white, Puerto Rican, and black female graduates of a New York City vocational school were analyzed for a period of five years after graduation. Puerto Rican and black students completing the same curriculum as whites earned considerably less. Factors affecting these differences are analyzed. (Author)

Describes a questionnaire that explored foreign agricultural engineering students' present positions in their home countries, and their opinions on their training in the United States. (MLH)

The article presents and discusses the findings of a survey of 25 former and current student teachers (enrolled in visually handicapped and orientation and mobility programs) to determine their reaction to, and understanding of, the competency-based teacher training program used at California State University at Los Angeles. (Author/DLS)

Despite increasing competition from Stanford University in California and a number of other graduate business schools, an M.B.A. degree from Harvard is still regarded as the great golden passport to life in the upper class. Discusses the salary and business advantages in having a Harvard M.B.A. and the attitudes of three graduates on what the…

Respondents in a survey of graduates of Iowa State University's training program for high school psychology teachers indicated that high school teaching positions in psychology are few and that most schools require applicants to be proficient in another subject as well. (AV)

Research into levels of death anxiety among graduate students showed no differences between male and female students, nor any differences due to religious affiliation or race; however, career choice seemed to be affected to some degree by attitude toward death. (MJB)

Presents data on the number of bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from institutions whose programs are approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Reviews the programs and activities endorsed by the ACS Board of Directors in April, 1986. (ML)

Trends in students' responses to the annual graduation questionnaire of the Association of American Medical Colleges from 1981 to 1986 were examined. Changes in career activity reflected increasing interest in full-time academic appointments and decreasing interest in solo, private practices. (Author/MLW)

Comparisons of 1983 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) graduation survey with data on the third-year residencies reveal that the specialty preferences indicated were predictors of residency programs the respondents were in during the third year following graduation. (Author/MLW)