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Download full textBateman, Peter; And Others – 1992
The Cooperative Demonstration Program (High Technology) was the largest demonstration program supported under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The program funded projects to try new approaches, to increase access to high-quality programs for special populations, and to improve the overall quality of vocational education. An…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedWirt, John G.; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1989
Although the Perkins Act was intended to expand access to vocational education for at risk populations and improve program quality, the regulatory and implementation process has done little to translate these goals into effective programs and services. This testimony presents findings and recommendations for reforming high school and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Improvement
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1986
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 mandates that the U.S. Department of Education conduct a National Assessment of Vocational Education. The National Assessment, designed following staff research and the input of experts who met in Washington, D.C. in September 1986, will focus on five broad areas: implementation of the Perkins…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Doty, Charles R. – 1991
A study described coordination between Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and county vocational schools in New Jersey. The coordination resulted from the State Council on Vocational Education's responsibility to achieve the mandate of the Carl D. Perkins Act. The project directed investigators to: (1) select typical county and regional Private…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Boards of Education, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness
Albright, Leonard – 1986
This second edition provides local administrators of vocational education with some basic guidelines and strategies for managing programs and services for handicapped and disadvantaged people. The new program requirements in the Carl D. Perkins Act, such as communicating program options to handicapped and disadvantaged students and their parents,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Hadley, Carolyn – 1989
This report records the accomplishments of single parent/homemaker vocational education programs in California, mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. These programs assist single parents/homemakers in their progress from poverty and public assistance toward personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency. The report…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
