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Download full textThayer, Ted M.; Rice, B. Douglas – 1990
This report explores ramifications of vocational rehabilitation services being provided in independent living programs through tracing the development of disability rights and independent living movements from their inception to the present. Comparisons are drawn between the programmatic approaches of state rehabilitation agencies and independent…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Liberties, Definitions, Delivery Systems
McNeil, John M. – 1983
Recent changes in the questionnaire used in the March Income Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) have made it possible for the March CPS to be used as a source of information on the labor force status and other characteristics of noninstitutional persons with a work disability. According to the March 1982 CPS, the overall rate of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Definitions, Demography, Disabilities
Ryan, Chris – 2002
The longer-term employment and training outcomes of enrollment in vocational education and training (VET) were examined. The study analyzed data from the 1993 "Survey of Training and Education Experience" (STE) and the 1997 "Survey of Education and Training Experience" (SET) which were conducted by the Australian Bureau of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students), Definitions, Disabilities
Phan, Oanh; Ball, Katrina – 2001
The outcomes of enabling courses offered in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector were examined. "Enabling course" was defined as lower-level preparatory and prevocational courses covering a wide range of areas, including remedial education, bridging courses, precertificate courses, and general employment preparation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1983
In 1982, females constituted 51.1 percent of those students enrolled in secondary vocational education courses in Minnesota; however, they accounted for only 40 percent of those enrolled in area vocational-technical institutes. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on the basis of whether fewer or more than 80…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1983
In 1982, females constituted 41.1 percent of those students enrolled in postsecondary area vocational-technical institutions (AVTIs) in Minnesota; thus, the AVTI system has a lower percentage of female students than all other public postsecondary systems in the state. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women, St. Paul. – 1984
In 1982-1983, females constituted 40.5 percent of those students enrolled in postsecondary area vocational-technical institutions (AVTIs) in Minnesota. If vocational programs are defined as being either segregated or integrated on the basis of whether fewer or more than 80 percent of the students enrolled in them belong to one sex, then, in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
