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Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational Education Research. – 1967
Information from (1) questionnaires completed by present and former students, parents, educators, and business men, (2) government agency reports, (3) school records, and (4) agricultural employer surveys in 24 geographic areas which included all the counties (1) determined the need for additional occupational training, (2) identified major…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Needs, Financial Support, Program Improvement
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1983
A revised Statewide System for the Evaluation of Occupational Education programs was put into effect during the 1981-82 academic year. That year all school districts in New York State which had received federal funds for occupational education during the period 1977-1980 were required to begin evaluating their occupational education programs. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods
Douglass, Rebecca S. – 1987
The educational reform movement has caused parents, students, businesspersons, and legislators to question the relevance of vocational education. Charges that vocational education has become obsolete have compelled vocational educators to work on improving its image in three areas--function, quality, and style. The vocational education programs in…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Credits
Friedenberg, Joan E. – 1987
This report examines the practices of vocational education programs that serve limited English-proficient (LEP) students without the benefit of federal bilingual vocational training funds. Visits were made to seven areas of the United States with large numbers of LEP persons: South Florida, Southern California, Connecticut, Metropolitan New York,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking
Bail, Joe P.; Crunkilton, John R. – 1969
A study was conducted in eight area schools in 12 upstate New York counties to identify the concerns and expectations of personnel having an interest in area vocational schools. A questionnaire was developed, field tested, and mailed to a representative sample of occupational students and their parents, occupational teachers, administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Counselor Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations
Steuben-Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Bath, NY. – 1991
The Commission for Occupational Education Excellence was formed by the Steuben-Allegany (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). The commission included representatives from schools, businesses, parents and students, labor and teacher unions, other public agencies, postsecondary schools, and the BOCES. The commission's mission…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Improvement
New York State Job Training Partnership Council, Albany. – 1994
A task force examined New York State's role in providing resources and information to employers desiring to upgrade the skills of their current workers. The following were the task force's 12 major findings: (1) upgrading the skills of New York's existing work force is vital to the state's economic future; (2) all workers need opportunities for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship
Berkey, Arthur L.; Sutphin, H. Dean – 1984
A study examined the status of agricultural supervised occupational experience programs (SOEP) in the state of New York and also the attitudes of agricultural teachers and their building administrators toward SOEP. Two separate survey instruments were used to gather data for the study--one survey was mailed to 333 secondary vocational agriculture…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Agricultural Education, Educational Needs
Daggett, Willard R. – 1984
Jobs in the future are likely to be far different than those in the past, as our society moves into the information age. To prepare for the changes that are coming, the New York State education department developed a new program of career and vocational education to meet the educational needs of today's students as they prepare for the future. To…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Berkey, Arthur L.; And Others – 1982
This final report summarizes Phase II of the study of employment demand data for agriculture/agribusiness in New York State. Analysis, procedures, findings, recommendations, and products of the study are reported. During Phase II, the final eight months of the study, the data collection was completed; procedures were implemented for conducting…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Data Collection
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
These proceedings include 13 "perspectives from the field" and 9 selected papers (with abstracts) from a national conference on recommended policies and practices for investing in youth. The 13 perspectives papers are as follows: "Saving the Next Generation" (Berlin); "Effective Strategies for Investing in Youth"…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Action, Coordination, Dropout Prevention
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1983
The New York State Board of Regents conducted a formal review of the long-range goals and policy directions for vocational rehabilitative services to disabled youth and adults in New York. The first phase of the review consisted of an examination of major pieces of vocational and special education legislation, current federal and state economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs
HILL, CHARLES W.; TOWNE, DOUGLAS C. – 1966
SIX 1-WEEK SEMINARS WERE HELD TO DEVELOP INCREASED RESEARCH KNOWLEDGES, COMPETENCIES, AND INTERESTS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE SEMINARS DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM AREAS OF (1) DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION OF RESEARCH BY STATE RESEARCH COORDINATING UNITS, (2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, (3) TESTS AND MEASUREMENT, (4)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Design, Educational Research
