1973 Career Graduates: A Profile of CUNY Community College Students.

Autor/inn/en	Heller, Barbara R.; und weitere
Institution	City Univ. of New York, NY. Graduate School and Univ. Center.
Titel	1973 Career Graduates: A Profile of CUNY Community College Students.
Quelle	(1978), (99 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age; Articulation (Education); Community Colleges; Employment Patterns; Females; Graduate Surveys; Job Satisfaction; Majors (Students); Occupational Mobility; Participant Satisfaction; Promotion (Occupational); Questionnaires; Relevance (Education); Salaries; Student Characteristics; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education; Vocational Followup + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Community college; Community College; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufliche Mobilität; Aufstiegsberuf; Berufsförderung; Fragebogen; Relevance; Relevanz; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	A survey was conducted of the 1973 career program graduates of seven participating community colleges of the City University of New York and was compared to a previous study of 1966 graduates. Two questionnaire mailings and a telephone follow-up yielded a 28.5% (N=4,379) response rate. Results are presented in the following areas: age, sex, college major, and educational background of the graduates; employment attainment, salary, and career progress after graduation; educational attainment after graduation; and program evaluation and satisfaction with the importance of the associate degree and with course emphases in relation to job development. Findings include the following: demographically, the 1973 graduate was older than the 1966 graduate (25-30 compared to 20-24 years of age) and more likely to be female; annual salary five years after graduation was higher for the 1973 than the 1966 graduates; in general, graduates were satisfied with the training they received and the majority continued their education at a four-year college; students commented on difficulties in transferring credits and the need for more hands-on experience, a higher-level degree to compete in the job market, and an easing of the transition to a four-year college. The questionnaire and supplementary tables are appended. (MB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01