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Download full textScheetz, L. Patrick – 1993
This report examines job market trends for new college graduates based on a survey of 618 organizations (businesses, industries, manufacturing organizations, service sector employers, government agencies and military services. Topics considered include: (1) anticipated changes in hiring trends for new college graduates, (2) changes in campus…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Demand Occupations, Drug Use Testing, Employer Attitudes
Arkansas Univ., Hot Springs. Arkansas Research & Training Center in Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1993
This document focuses on employer/employment services in vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. Vocational rehabilitation is undergoing transformation in employment services to respond to redefined priorities, diverse populations, changing labor markets, state-of-the-art technologies, legislative mandates, and economic factors. Changes in…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems
Baldwin, Anne – 1983
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) to determine the placement status of 1981-82 graduates from the college's occupational programs. Data for the study were obtained from five sources: a survey of 1,497 program graduates; Department of Labor and Employment Security Files; State University System files; an employer…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Friedel, Janice N. – 1987
The Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD) has conducted labor market assessments in 17 occupations related to its programs. These assessments are an integral component of the EICCD program evaluation process. These assessments provide valuable information in the specific occupational areas regarding (1) characteristics of the local…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Beaudin, Bart – 1982
This fact sheet provides an overview of the employment situation facing older adults. Statistics (Harris 1974 and 1979) are presented on the number of older Americans who are working, volunteering, or have an interest in working or volunteering; the attitudes of employers and employees about retirement and about working after age 65; and the…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1984
This study followed up 79,812 vocational job training completers and 316 vocational job training leavers in Ohio for the school year 1981-82. Data were gathered in January 1983 for the 1982 graduating class. The results of the study showed that economic benefits resulted from completing a vocational job training program. Even with the severely…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Employer Attitudes, Employment, Employment Patterns
Covelli, Nicholas J.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to identify the trends occurring within the health service industry and their impact on the providers of health care; determine shifts or emerging occupational areas within health services; and assess local health service providers' staffing patterns and anticipated needs. The study involved meetings with local hospital…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes
McDougall, Kay; Giallo, Joseph – 1986
In September 1986, a comprehensive labor market survey of Santa Cruz County, California, was conducted by Cabrillo College to assess the employment and training needs of business leaders in the county. Questionnaires mailed to 428 randomly selected businesses and services yielded the following findings: (1) the service and retail industries were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Economic Climate, Employer Attitudes
Kugelmann, Robert – 1987
A study was conducted at North Carolina's Fayetteville Technical Institute (FTI) to determine the cost-effectiveness of the college's 2-year Dental Hygiene Program and to assess the employment opportunities for graduates of this program. The study involved collecting information on the dollar costs of the program and conducting surveys of dentists…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Kumar, Vasant; Tradewell, Mary D. J. – 1980
An employer needs assessment was conducted in the Wisconsin Indianhead Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District to develop a profile of local employers; determine the vocational education training levels required by the employers; ascertain employers' roles in training; and determine employers' perceptions of Wisconsin Indianhead…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Frank, Jean M. – 1991
In spring 1990, a survey was conducted of all 247 students who had received an associate degree or certificate from Howard Community College (HCC) during fiscal year 1989. The purpose of the study was to evaluate programs and student services at HCC by collecting and analyzing data on the experiences and various outcomes of the college's…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1988
This document provides the procedures and instruments through which vocational education program personnel may evaluate or reevaluate the value and effectiveness of their program. It was prepared to help secondary vocational educators prepare for self-evaluation of their programs and site visits by educational personnel as part of a statewide…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Radcliffe, Susan K. – 1985
This report provides institutional indicators for budget projections based on data on student characteristics, credit instruction and degrees, credit-free instruction, faculty, community use of facilities, and fiscal background for fiscal years (FY) 1980 through 1984. Part 1 provides data on enrollments by program type, gender, minority status,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1988
This document contains an overview of the Wisconsin Secondary Vocational Program Evaluation Project and guidelines for educators making evaluation site visits to the 55 schools evaluated in 1986-87. The first section of the guide introduces the evaluation program and outlines its components. Three following chapters cover: (1) goals of the team…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level
Levesque, Karen; Lauen, Doug; Teitelbaum, Peter; Alt, Martha; Librera, Sally – 2000
The National Center for Education Statistics conducted a comprehensive analysis of the current context of vocational education (VE), employer perspectives on VE, trends in secondary and postsecondary VE, the academic preparation of students participating in VE, relevant school reform efforts, and VE students' transitions after high school. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
