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Download full textKoralek, Robin; Johnson, Heidi; Ratcliffe, Caroline; Vericker, Tracy – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
This report presents the final results for the evaluation of the New Americans Centers (NACs) demonstration project in Arkansas and Iowa. It focuses on program operations and plans for program sustainability, while highlighting services provided through the demonstration projects in Arkansas and Iowa. It also documents outcomes for New Iowan…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Demonstration Programs, Job Training, Career Centers
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Career Education. – 1987
A follow-up study was conducted of a 20 percent sample of secondary schools (77) and administrators in Iowa who had students who completed or left vocational programs during the 1984-85 school year. A student follow-up surveyed 1,945 students, and 153 employers were queried. Information was sought through a mailed survey. Student responses were…
Descriptors: Demography, Employer Attitudes, High School Graduates, Outcomes of Education
Boal, Steve – 1987
A study was conducted by the Iowa State Department of Education to gather follow-up data on former students who completed employment-preparation programs at one of the 15 community colleges in Iowa during 1984-85. Study findings, based on college data and responses from 1,091 of a sample of 3,676 program completers and 444 of 583 employers of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. Div. of Career Education. – 1980
This report offers a brief narrative and extensive data tables on an Iowa survey of employers of students who had completed or left preparatory vocational education programs during 1977-78 and became employed in the occupations for which trained or a related occupation. The narrative first discusses procedures, then describes some results shown in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Followup Studies, High School Graduates
Quinley, John – 1996
A study examined the perceived training and retraining needs of Iowa business/organizations and employer views regarding how the continuing education divisions of Iowa's community colleges can best meet those needs. Of the 1,069 Iowa employers contacted, 608 (56.9%) responded. According to the respondents, Iowa's system of community college…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Distance Education
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1991
The Iowa Department of Education, in cooperation with the state's 15 community colleges and Drake University, completed an outcomes study of adult vocational training/retraining programs offered through the Adult and Continuing Education Divisions of the colleges. Study goals were to profile businesses served by the colleges, evaluate employer…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Demand Occupations
