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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1997
The purpose of the Postsecondary Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Grants Officers' conference was to have officers share with each other the best practices of the VATEA programs. The report of the conference includes a presentation on workforce preparation by the Acting Deputy Commissioner, a keynote address from the Regent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Job Training
Download full textStecher, Brian M.; And Others – 1995
This report extends the results of an earlier study on the use of performance measures and standards to suggest principles for designing outcome-based program improvement systems. It examines the implications of that research for enhancing accountability in future federal work force preparation legislation. It also illustrates specifically how the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Educational Planning, Federal Legislation
Connecticut State Council on Vocational-Technical Education, Hartford. – 1991
The Connecticut State Council on Vocational-Technical Education recommends that federal vocational education funds should provide programs and services for all students, not just the disadvantaged and special needs students. Future curricula should combine academic content with "hands on" learning. The last 2 years of high school should…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Community Programs
Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Washington, DC. – 1993
A study of the adequacy and effectiveness of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and occupational education (OE) programs in Nevada focused on overall program adequacy, the effectiveness of OE and job training (JT), and ways of improving OE at the secondary and postsecondary levels. The study established that, as of 1992, Nevada's OE and JT…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Coordination, Educational Demand, Educational Legislation
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. Bureau of Vocational-Technical Education. – 1991
This performance report summarizes New Hampshire's use of federal vocational education funds for fiscal year 1991. Three sections on vocational education opportunities correspond to the categories of Carl D. Perkins Act funds: accomplishments under Title II-A; accomplishments in program improvement under Title II-B; and accomplishments in special…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Organizations, Consumer Education, Cooperative Education
