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Peer reviewedWagner, Alan P. – Education and Urban Society, 1982
Estimates participation in different types of postcompulsory education and training programs in the United States, compares the costs of and funding for these activities, and considers differences in the attributes of participants among programs. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Postsecondary Education, Program Costs
Peer reviewedMaclure, Stuart – Oxford Review of Education, 1982
Examines the implications of a British plan to provide one-year paid traineeships to all unemployed 16 year-old school dropouts. Rising youth unemployment has prompted proposals for new postsecondary vocational and technical education programs. The program's impact on the secondary curriculum and postsecondary educational systems and on program…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropouts, Postsecondary Education, Program Costs
PDF pending restorationDepartment of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Education, Business and Labor Affairs. – 1979
The current status of coal mining technology training in 25 educational institutions throughout the United States is examined. Surveys of these institutions asked for information related to: (1) name and type of institution; (2) number of years in mining training; (3) type of degree granted; (4) number of students enrolled in underground and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Degrees (Academic), Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Kim, Jin Eun – 1977
This paper presents a brief final report of the system and products of the cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis project conducted at Indiana University which combined the two concepts of cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis into a cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis model for postsecondary vocational programs. The project also developed…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Models
Download full textParker, James T. – 1985
The Fiscal Year-1986 310 catalog includes more than 350 projects funded under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act, with a total investment of almost $8 million. Analysis of 310 project information submitted by states came to the following conclusions, among others: (1) staff development is the highest priority for 310 projects, nationally (32…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Content
Collings, Melvin R. – Business Education World, 1979
Examines Fullerton College's individualized self-pacing (ISP) program. Reviews twelve ISP objectives including provision of enrollment/scheduling flexibility; lists twenty-two class offerings, including basic business math, business English, and business machines. Compares costs, learning, and course completion in ISP and traditional programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Flexible Scheduling, Individualized Instruction
Feasley, Charles E.; And Others – 1989
This report presents 72 institutions' responses to the National University Continuing Education Association Independent Study Division's survey of program practices during academic year 1987-88. The six sections provide tables on total program scope, college programs, high school programs, noncredit programs, marketing methods and costs, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Credit Courses, Enrollment, High School Students
MCKEE, R.L. – 1963
A DATA PROCESSING TRAINING PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON HAD 10 DATA PROCESSING CENTERS IN OPERATION AND EIGHT MORE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANNING IN 1963. THESE CENTERS WERE FULL-TIME DAY PREPARATORY 2-YEAR POST-HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAMS, OPERATED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION. EACH SCHOOL HAD A COMPLETE DATA PROCESSING…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, Curriculum, Data Processing
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
The study reported here, the fourth of a series of studies on adult education in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, provides quantitative evidence about the magnitude and characteristics of adult education activity in nine OECD countries. The nine countries included are Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Data Collection
Howard, Edrice Marguerite, Ed. – 1987
A guide to more than 650 study programs in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland is presented for U.S. students who wish to study abroad. Many of the programs, which range in length up to a full academic year, are sponsored or co-sponsored by the U.S. colleges and universities. The remainder are offered by a…
Descriptors: College Programs, Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Countries
Gordon, Ruth; Smink, Jay – 1985
This report describes the activities of the Resource and Referral Service (RRS), which was established in 1977 as a member of a nationwide dissemination network called the Research and Development Exchange (RDx), in using electronic networks as part of its dissemination effort. Discussed first are the history and objectives of RRS. The next…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation
Navajo Health Authority, Window Rock, AZ. – 1972
The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is designed to provide educational opportunities in health and allied fields and to improve health care for the Navajo people and other Indians in the region that includes and immediately surrounds the Navajo Indian Reservation. As prime contractor, the University of New Meixco School of Medicine will…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indian Education, American Indians
ARNOLD, WALTER M. – 1966
THE ENACTMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 PROVIDED A NEW PHILOSOPHY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WHICH IS RESULTING IN A MAJOR EXPANSION AND REDIRECTION OF THE PROGRAM ACROSS THE NATION. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED INTO A SYSTEMATIZED APPROACH AND PROCEDURE WITH SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK INTO THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE CONSTANT…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
This paper provides an analysis of the activities of the postsecondary opportunity programs in New York State. The four programs serving disadvantaged populations in 1975-76 were: College Discovery; Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge; the Educational Opportunity Program; and the Higher Education Opportunity Program. Approximately…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
Brant, Herman G.; And Others
In 1961, administrative personnel at Delhi College in New York observed that formal training programs for animal science technicians were virtually nonexistant. Response to this apparent need resulted in the initiation of perhaps the first 2-year Animal Science Technology Program in the nation. This two-volume report is the result of an extensive…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Technicians, Animal Husbandry, Curriculum Development
