ERIC Number: ED380173
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Apr
Pages: 31
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Graduate Follow-Up Report, Wisconsin Technical College System Board. 1993-94.
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison.
Each year, a follow-up study is conducted to gather data on the activities and perceptions of students approximately six months after their graduation from Wisconsin's Technical Colleges (WTC). Specifically, the survey seeks to identify the current activities of WTC graduates, determine the extent to which current activities are related to the graduates' educational programs, and provide data to inform career awareness and planning efforts. In 1994, the 16 colleges in the WTC system surveyed 15,802 graduates from 1993-94. Responses were received from 13,142 (83%) graduates and were compiled into a statewide report. Results of the study included the following: (1) 59.9% of the graduates were female, while minorities represented 7.1% of the respondents; (2) of the respondents in the labor force, 94% were employed and 80% of these graduates were in jobs related to their training; (3) graduates of the agribusiness program had the highest percent employed rate at 89%, followed by health and home economics at 85% each; (4) the median monthly salary for all 1993-94 graduates was $1,559; and (5) graduates from the technical instructional division had the highest median salary at $1,863, followed by those from the service division at $1,788 and those from marketing at $1,730. Includes a systemwide table by program title of the number of graduates, number of responses, number employed, the percentage of jobs related to training, monthly salary range and median, and average hours per week. The survey instrument is appended. (KP)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires, Salaries, State Surveys, Tables (Data), Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Tests/Questionnaires; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison.
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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