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Download full textConnecticut State Council on Vocational-Technical Education, Hartford. – 1995
As part of the effort to create a labor force that is competitive across the world, Connecticut is planning a School-to-Career System that would give high school students the opportunity to extend learning into the community and workplace. The state would provide schools with information about the fastest-growing jobs and skills needed for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1992
This annotated resource list supports coordination and collaboration between vocational and JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) programs to increase the effectiveness of programs serving special needs populations. Nineteen publications, six programs, and four organizations are described. The items listed were published during 1988-1991. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1998
This report documents the work done in Fiscal Year 1998 by the Ohio Department of Education, Division of Vocational and Adult Education, to address two major priorities as authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990: (1) single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women; and (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Stern, David; And Others – 1994
The chronic scarcity of career jobs and increased demands for mental ability in the workplace have necessitated school-to-work (STW) transition programs that prepare noncollege-bound youths not only for their first full-time job but also for continued learning and career transitions throughout their working lives. Among the main ideas advanced for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education
Boesel, David; And Others – 1994
This document, the third of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education focuses on program improvement. Chapter 1 describes the education reform movement and assesses its effects on vocational education. It discusses current reforms that states are undertaking to improve preparation of students…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development
Gamoran, Adam, Ed. – 1998
This document contains five papers. "Vocational Teacher Education in U.S. Colleges and Universities and Its Responsiveness to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990" (Richard L. Lynch) documents the trend toward decreasing enrollments in teacher training programs in virtually all vocational fields.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This congressional report contains testimony examining the status of vocational assistance and its role in work force development and the Clinton Administration's views on reforming the federal investment in vocational education. Testimony was provided by two U.S. senators (James M. Jeffords, Vermont; Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts) and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques
