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Who Goes Where? An Exploratory Study of Recent York Graduates
     J. Paul Grayson (1997)

In the Fall of 1995 and Spring of 1996 surveys were carried out with graduates of the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Pure and Applied Science, and the Schulich School of Business at York University. One of the objectives of the surveys was to examine the plans of graduates for the following year. Almost half of the graduates hoped to be in the labour force in the coming year. Among the remainder, approximately 5% planned to attend graduate school at York and almost a quarter intended to attend another post-secondary institution. Overall, among pre-university traits, institutional experiences, and university outcomes such as GPA, disciplinary major was the best indicator of whether or not graduates would pursue further education.

ISBN: 1-55014-312-3     $12.50

The Strike from the Students' Viewpoint
     J. Paul Grayson (1997)

This report examines the impact of the 1997 York University Faculty Association (YUFA) strike from the students' point of view. The data for the study were collected in a telephone survey in the fifth and sixth weeks of the strike with 540 randomly selected full-time undergraduate students in the faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Environmental Studies, Pure and Applied Science, Education, the Schulich School of Business, and Glendon College. A series of focus group meetings with students, held prior to the survey, helped shape the content of the questionnaire. The survey examined the benefits of the strike as well as the academic, economic and health costs of the strike. Other topics included student support for the strike, student mobilization, and student satisfaction with their academic programs at York.

ISBN: 1-55014-323-9     $5.00

Follow-up Survey of Strike Impact
     J. Paul Grayson (1997)

Eighty-three percent of students first interviewed during the 1997 York University Faculty Association (YUFA) strike were re-interviewed approximately five months after the strike. The objective of this survey was to document the post-strike experiences of York undergraduates to see if the concerns identified in the first survey were realized and how students' problems were solved by measures put in place by the University after the strike. Major issues examined in the follow-up survey were the completion of courses, attitudes of faculty and staff, the effect of the strike on marks, student support of the union, and the economic costs of the strike.

ISBN: 1-55014-343-3     $5.00

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