| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to ascertain the educational and occupational experiences of persons who graduated from Connors State Agricultural College during the years 1947 to 1951, inclusive, and to determine whether the curricula offered in the college have been meeting the needs of the graduates. During the five-year period included in the study there were 276 graduates of Connors. This study is based in questionnaires returned by 205 of these graduates. Agriculture was the major field of study for 31 per cent of the men while they attended Connors; Commerce was the major field for 30.8 per cent of the women. Education ranked second in frequency as a major field of study for both men and women. One hundred fifty-three, or 74.6 per cent, of the respondents were gainfully emploiyed at the time of the study. In many cases there was little or no relationship between the graduate's major field of study while attending Connors and the nature of his initial or present employment. A large majority of the respondents indicted that they were satidfied with their present employment. Most of the respondents, 81.4 per cent of the men and 73.8 per cent of the women, continued their formal education after they graduated from Connors. Many reported that their preparation while attending Connors aided them in securing part-time enployment while attending other institutions. Of the graduates who continued their formal education in other institutions, 87.6 per cent of the men and 90.4 per cent of the women stated that they considered that their preparatory work while attending Connors had been adequate for continuing their education in other institutions. More graduates are employed in the educationald field than in any other single field listed in this study. Over half of those who are gainfully employed in civilian occupations are engaged in teaching. Business machines, accouting, and typewriting, in that order, were most frequently mentioned as subjects that graduates believe would be useful to them in present employlent if they had studied the subjects while attending Connors. For a majority of its graduates Connors is primarily a Preparator, institution, as indiciated by the large percentage of students attending other institutions after graduating from Connors. | |
