EARLY RESULTS IN A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON GIFTED STUDENTS ARE REPORTED. PROGRAMS WERE STUDIED THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES AND BY PERSONAL VISITS TO PARENTS AND SCHOOLS. STUDENT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE CONSIDERED. COMPILATION OF EXPERIENCES IN SPECIAL CLASSES AT WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE HAVE SHOWN THAT ALL THE CHILDREN INVOLVED…

This survey was a followup of the college experiences and achievements of 4009 second-year students at 29 two-year colleges. Students gave data on their background and plans, participation in non-academic activities, financial and work status, and general satisfaction with the college. Most planned to transfer to a 4-year college. They were…

The accomplishments and activities of Project Follow-Through, a system designed to gather data from college students, are reported for the first six months of its development (July 1 through December 31, 1968). The system will gather data from students at three distinct points during their junior college careers: (1) at their initial application…

For this third in a series of studies, a 9-item questionnaire was sent to full-time students who had attended one or two semesters in the 1966-67 school year, but had not returned for fall 1967. The responses were correlated with nine items of students' background information; the results are shown in thirteen tables. Among the findings were: (1)…

This follow-up study of the 1963-64 philosophy students at San Bernardino Valley College (California) sought to answer these questions: (1) What kind of student enrolls in philosophy? (2) Is he usually capable of transfer? (3) If he transfers, will he take additional philosophy courses? (4) Is he likely to finish his bachelor's degree? and (5) Why…

General personal, occupational, and school experience data were gathered from students who enrolled in the Orange Coast Junior College District in the fall 1968, but failed to return in the spring. These data became part of the storage and retrieval system of Project Follow-Through, a joint study sponsored by the Junior College District and the…

Differences between returning and non-returning students in the Orange Coast Junior College District (California) are the focus of this first in a series of similar reports. Data were initially obtained from students enrolling in the district during the fall of 1968, and have been continuously gathered from new, continuing, and non-returning…

This is the second progress report on an information storage and retrieval system that will gather data from junior college students while they are enrolled and after they leave college. Problems that have been encountered are discussed, and the general system procedure is documented with program descriptions. The first progress report of this…

The purposes of this study were to examine strengths and weaknesses of research methods used in reports of follow-up studies in higher education and to develop a set of guidelines for conducting follow-up studies in higher education. A careful examination of the literature was conducted to identify follow-up studies in higher education and 47…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this booklet is the seventh in a series describing current, successful career education practices. This monograph presents a model for a placement and follow-up program, which involves the entire professional staff of a…

Five separate multidimensional scaling analyses with measurement occasions varying from election day to about 14 months after, resulted in two stable dimensions of political perception. These dimensions were identified as Republican and Democratic evaluative dimensions. The publicity surrounding Watergate apparently did not affect the stability of…

This study examined whether individuals who are presumably poor tolerators of stress can maintain a posture of psychological equilibrium within a psychologically stressful atmosphere. (Author/RK)

Of 1,837 youth contacted in a national study of juvenile correctional programs, 194 returned follow-up questionnaires that sought information on their post-release status and activities, assessment of the correctional programs, and their expectations about the future. Many youngsters reported continued delinquent activity; more reported continued…

Information on former students is required by state and federal laws and is necessary for administrators attempting to evaluate school programs. Some points to consider in organizing a follow-up program are presented. (Author/MLF)

Examines the long-term effects of control and predictability-enhancing interventions on the institutionalized aged. Subjects were 40 residents of a retirement home. (MP)