The purpose of this study was to determine if the adult high school program in the U.S. Virgin Islands effectively prepared participants to become fully employed, productive, and responsible citizens. Information used in the survey addressed the associations that might exist between selected demographic, educational, employment, and social economic characteristics of students and selected measures of career success which included present employment status, job category, level of income, job satisfaction, and plans for continuing education. / Methodology. One hundred ninety-seven graduates were interviewed out of a total population of 272 or a total of 72% of the graduates. Each characteristic of career success was associated with the characteristics of the graduates to determine if any associations existed. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire developed by the investigator and tested by using a Chi square analysis. The alpha .05 level was considered appropriate for determining if any significant associations existed between variables. The data were presented as percentages. / Findings. The findings indicated that the employment characteristics and career success were more likely to be associated than demographic, educational or social economic factors. Graduates who were skilled, employed, or worked in the higher paying jobs before entering ACE were more likely to be presently employed, satisfied with their jobs, earn over $150 weekly, or have plans to continue their education than others. / Conclusions. Most of the graduates of the ACE program in the USVI are females who are employed before entering ACE and continue this employment after graduation. Generally, participants expressed no plans for continuing their education beyond the high school level. Men and women tend to occupy low scale occupations assigned by sex stereotypes. Personal characteristics of graduates most often had no associations with career success. According to the data, the existing program of ACE appear to have little if any impact on career success. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A, page: 2884. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74234 |
| Contributors | MITCHELL, EUGENE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 252 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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