A Follow-Up Study of Former Occupational-Technical Students at Virginia Community Colleges.

Autor/in	Carter, Edith H.
Titel	A Follow-Up Study of Former Occupational-Technical Students at Virginia Community Colleges.
Quelle	(1976), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Demography; Dropout Characteristics; Employment Patterns; Followup Studies; Graduate Surveys; Participant Satisfaction; State Surveys; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Followup; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Demografie; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	A followup study of graduates and non-graduates of occupational-technical programs in Virginia Community College System institutions was conducted in order to develop a profile of such students, to ascertain their post-college activities, and to study their attitudes toward their community college experience and current employment. All former students, both full- and part-time, who had been enrolled in a community college occupational-technical curriculum at any time from fall 1966 through fall 1969 were identified and sent a questionnaire designed to provide the necessary data for the study. A total of 11,623 former students were surveyed--3,422 graduates and 8,201 non-graduates. Response rates were 73% and 56% for graduates and non-graduates respectively. Among the findings were: (1) the typical occupational-technical student was a state resident, 23 years old, white, and male; (2) grade-point averages were higher for graduates than non-graduates; (3) almost three-fourths of all respondents were working in full-time jobs related to their community college curricula; (4) salaries of those employed varied considerably by race, sex, and type of graduation credential; and (5) respondents generally rated the quality of their education as superior or good and also indicated satisfaction with their programs of study. (JDS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC