STUDY OF THE CAREERS OF PARTICIPANTS IN UMTA'S TRANSIT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS (SECTION 10)

This paper contains the results of a study of two Transit Management Training Programs for which UMTA provides fellowships. From 1969 to 1982, 428 fellowships were granted for attending a program at Carnegie-Mellon University, and 769 for attending Northeastern University, the two programs included in the study. The study focuses on determining certain characteristics of the careers of over 400 employees who attended these courses from 15 transit agencies. A typical employee was promoted two and one half years after taking the course. A high percentage of the attendees reported that the courses had dramatically positive effects on them. Another finding is that almost 60 percent of those employees who attended a course remained with the agency that sent them and almost 7 percent transferred to other transit agencies. Excluding involuntary job changes (retirement, dismissal, etc.) only 11 percent of the sample of transit personnel taking the course have left the transit industry.

• Corporate Authors:

  SYSTAN, Incorporated

  343 Second Street, P.O. Box U
  Los Altos, CA  United States  94022

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Technical Assistance & Safety, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lave, R E
• Publication Date: 1983-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; Management; Training; Universities and colleges
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 10; Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382608
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-06-0126-83-3Final Rpt., DOT-TSC-UMTA-83-40
• Contract Numbers: DTRS-57-81-C-00063
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM