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Walton, Douglas; Gardiner, Karen N.; Barnow, Burt – Abt Associates, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) supported 46 grantees across the country to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors, such as healthcare, and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. DOL commissioned an evaluation of the AAI grants to build evidence about the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Federal Aid, Grants, Employers
Bettis, Glenn E.; Hyder, Carroll R. – 1978
A study was conducted to develop and implement a one- and five-year student and employer-based follow-up study of secondary vocational education programs in Tennessee. Questionnaires were sent to 1,013 students who graduated in 1975-76 and to 92 of their employers. It was found that (1) students in both groups rated the Tennessee vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Failure
Bean, Robert – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
The 2006 census found that around 30% of people residing in Australia were born overseas, a trend unlikely to be reversed in the short-term, given the Australian Government's recent decision to significantly boost the places in the permanent skilled migration program to help employers redress their skill shortages. In light of this, employers are…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Williams, Gerald D.; And Others – 1981
A study examined the impacts of the Youth Apprenticeship Projects (YAPs) upon student apprentices and employers. Post-high school interviews were conducted with 845 student apprentices from 1978-80, 621 students in a control group, and 347 employers. Interview response rate for all students averaged 76%, for employers--92%. Students who…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Apprenticeships, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Bean, Robert – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
This document was produced by the author(s) based on their research for the report "Cross- Cultural Training and Workplace Performance" (ED503402). It contains the following materials related to the report: (1) Primary approach letters; (2) Tests for statistical significance; (3) Survey of current cross-cultural training practice; (4)…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, Cross Cultural Training, Program Effectiveness
Meyer, Herbert H.; Lee, Mary Dean – 1978
A study explored the results of programs designed to move women into traditionally male jobs (both managerial and blue collar) in ten public utility companies. The focus of the study was on the experiences of 164 women in such jobs and on the attitudes of their supervisors, male peers, and subordinates toward the companies' attempts to overcome…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Attitude Change, Blue Collar Occupations
Rosenbaum, Allan; Zirkin, Barbara G. – 1985
A study evaluated the various aspects of the Maryland Job Service, including the services it provides, coordination between the service and related agencies, the degree to which services provided are congruent with and driven by federal mandates, and employers' and applicants' perceptions of the service. Job services available in other states were…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Change Strategies, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Lewis, Morgan V. – 1989
Follow-up surveys were conducted of adult clients who participated under Titles IIA and III of the Job Training Partnership (JTP) Act in Ohio. Data were gathered from JTP clients 13 and 26 weeks after completion of the program and combined with data from the state management information system, and a survey of a sample of employers of JTP-Ohio…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
O'Grady, Laurie T. – 1990
A follow-up survey was administered to all 1988 Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) graduates in order to evaluate the degree to which AACC assisted its students in achieving their goals. The second phase was a survey which solicited information from the employers of the graduates. Survey findings were used to compare AACC to other Maryland…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1984
This study followed up 79,812 vocational job training completers and 316 vocational job training leavers in Ohio for the school year 1981-82. Data were gathered in January 1983 for the 1982 graduating class. The results of the study showed that economic benefits resulted from completing a vocational job training program. Even with the severely…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Employer Attitudes, Employment, Employment Patterns
Avedon, Lisa – 1995
Many older workers in Canada today are perplexed and dismayed by the swift and dramatic changes occurring in the workplace. Plant closures, downsizings, restructuring, new technologies, international trade agreements, ecological concerns, and changing demographics have affected the Canadian workforce, particularly workers in their forties and…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Economic Change
Priebe, Don – 1980
A long-term project entitled Agricultural Manpower Needs in North Dakota examined current and projected agriculture manpower needs in the state. Objectives of the project were to develop a methodology for obtaining and interpreting agricultural manpower needs data for North Dakota, to determine emerging employment trends and identify emerging…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1982
A follow-up survey of Oregon's 1979-80 twelfth grade vocational students and early leavers and their employers was conducted to determine what the former students were doing, what they thought of their vocational preparation, and how their employers perceived their preparation for jobs. The survey population consisted of all 1979-80 vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Females, Followup Studies
The Impact of a Community College Cooperative Education Program on the Performance of its Graduates.
Ehrlich, Dan J.; Heinemann, Harry N. – 1977
A study was conducted for the purpose of determining the impact of cooperative education (CE) on the experiences of community college students subsequent to their graduation. Comprehensive normative data on graduates and non-completers of LaGuardia Community College, which has a universal CE program, were collected by means of surveys.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Dropouts
Hargrave, Lou A.; And Others – 1983
This study analyzed Oklahoma's completion status reports, student follow-up findings, employers' ratings, and wages of secondary and adult traditional and nontraditional students from vocational and technical education programs for fiscal years 1978-79, 1979-80, and 1980-81. (Complete statistical data calculations for each area analyzed are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns