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Bragg, Debra D. – Vocational Education Journal, 1995
Looks at fundamental tech prep concepts that must be reinforced to ensure progress: (1) it must be grounded in an integrated curriculum; (2) articulation is necessary; (3) school-to-work programs and tech prep must be linked; (4) it should be outcomes focused; (5) it should ensure access for all; and (6) collaborative implementation is the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education, Program Implementation, Secondary Education
Direct linkFarmer, Edgar I.; Key, Cassy B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Discusses the background and purpose of 1994's School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA). Focuses on the implementation of STWOA's three components (i.e., school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities), highlighting the role of tech prep in joining school- and work-based instruction. Argues that community colleges are…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development
Download full textPartnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1996
This resource handbook provides a brief overview of ideas, facts, and resources offered during the Partnership for Academic and Career Education's (PACE) 10th annual Summer Institute. The institute's goal was to inform participants about nontraditional careers open to students, with special emphasis on midlevel technology careers and to recommend…
Descriptors: High Schools, Institutes (Training Programs), Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education
Bragg, Debra D. – 1996
Tech prep has been considered "dead" by some commentators, but that assessment is usually made only in cases in which tech prep was merely a new label for an unchanged course or program. In many cases, tech prep has become more widely implemented and accepted as real changes have been made. Many of the concepts of tech prep will remain even if the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Roberts, Paul B. – 1994
A study identified and ranked those factors which facilitate and those which impede the linkage between technology education and tech prep. The top four states with regard to integration of technology education and tech prep were Illinois, South Carolina, Oregon, and Idaho. Factors that facilitated integration were as follows: technology…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Research, High Schools, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedBryant, Donald W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1996
Discusses 11 problems hindering the implementation of the tech prep movement. Reviews a North Carolina project to develop a model approach to tech prep, highlighting required core and suggested courses at the secondary level and recommended elements at the postsecondary level. Lists components of a model tech prep system. (10 citations) (AJL)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Alexander, Angela J. – 1996
Two major issues in contemporary higher education include equality of access to education and the adequate preparation of graduates for entry into the workforce. Both of these goals are central to the tech prep/associate degree (TPAD) initiative. TPAD combines competency-based teaching, applied learning, curricula focusing on technical and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Role
Hensley, Oliver D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book contains 30 chapters on the tech prep initiative in Texas: "The Identity of Tech Prep in Texas" (Tunstall); "A Snap-Shot of the Impact of the Tech Prep Initiative in the Governor's 24 Planning Regions" (Brown); "The Tech Prep Consortium Directors: The Architects for the Future of Texas" (Hensley et al.);…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
