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Vetter, Louise; Drier, Harry, Ed. – 1993
This guidebook outlines specific methods of measuring the effects of staff efforts to reduce sex equity bias and stereotyping in vocational education programs as stipulated by the 1990 Perkins Act. Following an introduction, chapter 2 covers the requirements of the 1990 Perkins Act regarding sex equity programs and vocational education programs…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textTeddlie, Jessie; And Others – 1993
A study evaluated previously funded vocational/applied technology programs to provide marketable skills to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women throughout Texas. Program assessment questionnaires were sent to the program directors, administrators, high school principals, counselors, and program advisory committee members…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Counselor Attitudes, Demography
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
NCRVE Change Agent, 1992
These three issues of volume 2 (1992) contain brief reports on published research of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. In issue 1 are these five articles: "High Schools with Character: Why Might They Be Important?"; "An Uncommon Education: Interaction and Innovation"; "Community College Contract…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Brookhaven Coll., Farmers Branch, TX. – 1993
This guide contains information about academic support services available to single parents, displaced homemakers, and single pregnant women at community, junior, and technical colleges throughout Texas. Over three-fourths of the guide is devoted to program information in the form of brochures, flyers, and forms supplied by representatives of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Alcohol Education, Career Counseling, College Programs
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1994
During the 1993-94 program year, more than 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in vocational education (VE) at a secondary high school, adult education program, or regional occupational center. An additional 1.2 million Californians were enrolled in community college VE programs. VE services were provided to significant numbers of students with…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1994
During the 1993-94 program year, 75% of Arkansas' grade 7 through 12 students were enrolled in at least one vocational education (VE) course. Of those students, 52,847 were either academically disadvantaged, disabled, or limited English speaking. In addition, 15,940 and 8,008 students were enrolled in VE programs at Arkansas postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education)
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Office of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1994
During fiscal year 1994, 106,054 individuals were enrolled in secondary-level vocational education (VE) courses and 78,699 individuals were enrolled in postsecondary-level VE courses in Mississippi. Eight performance standards and core measures were developed and used to evaluate all VE programs in Mississippi. The percentages of the various types…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1995
During fiscal year (FY) 1995, $20,933,342 in federal, $45,074,084 in state, and $84,449,547 in local funds were expended to support vocational education throughout Missouri. Enrollment in Missouri vocational education included 120,874 secondary students, 57,885 postsecondary students, and 101,914 adults. During FY 1995, work continued on the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education Services. – 1994
During fiscal year 1994, enrollment in secondary-level vocational education (VE) in Alabama totaled 202,402. Secondary school districts provided VE to 17,037 adult students, and postsecondary institutions provided regular occupational/technical training to 80,764 adults and training for business/industry to 19,723 adults. Secondary and/or…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. Office of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1994
During fiscal year 1994, South Dakota's vocational-technical education delivery system served 30,498 secondary students, 3,809 postsecondary students, and 8,358 adults. Of South Dakota's 178 school districts, 132 had to organize into some type of consortium arrangement to qualify for Perkins Act funds. The Perkins funds were used to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Madison. Wisconsin Technical Coll. System. – 1994
During the 1993-94 program year, the 16 local Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) postsecondary districts delivered a total of 98,191 services to 36,071 clients through grant activities funded by the Carl D. Perkins Act. The WTCs board developed a format and process for reporting performance measures. All 16 WTCS districts exceeded the 35%…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Education, Academic Standards, Annual Reports
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
