Most tertiary institutions have adopted the peer-tutoring approach to complement the traditional method of teaching and learning. The successful utilization of peer-tutoring as a teaching and learning strategy is determined by the effective administration of the entire process. This qualitative study investigated how the peer-tutoring process was…

The Individualized Education Program (IEP) becomes a management tool when it is used to administer programs proactively. The IEP can have an impact upon program effectiveness and student competency development when a systematic process of assessment, goal setting, planning, and evaluation is followed. (SK)

In determining a vocational program's effectiveness through a follow-up study, attention should be given to: (1) gathering data on comparison groups, (2) specifying the degree of relatedness between vocational training and employment, and (3) obtaining feedback from the employer. (Author/BP)

Vocational educational programs for adults with limited English-speaking (LES) ability were surveyed and evaluated. The survey facilitated a profile of the status of bilingual vocational training, of the target group and trainee characteristics, of varieties of program design and operation, of instructional practices in English as a second…

This is the second annual report concerning a multiple-option design for a cooperative education program used by a consortium of five California community colleges. (For the first annual report, see ED 058 880.) The effectiveness of the program is assessed by analyzing 15 areas such as retention, income, employer attitudes, cost effectiveness, and…

This review of the allied health occupations training programs offered by Brevard Community College (Cocoa, Florida) covers organization of the division, objectives, selection and admission process, instructional delivery system, clinical facilities, advisory committees, high school relations, continuing education programs, and program success.…

For what and to whom vocational education teachers are accountable is discussed in terms of the educational, governmental, business, and industrial subsystems that are involved with vocational education programs. (LH)

Selected practices relating to New York's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program during the 1993 JTPA program year were audited to determine the following: whether service delivery areas (SDAs) are providing training in occupations for which future growth is expected, whether SDAs award contracts on a competitive basis, and whether…

In 1985, in response to a sharp decline in student enrollment in vocational programs, especially in forestry and drafting technologies, Chemeketa Community College (CCC) (Oregon) adopted a carefully targeted marketing technique involving the use of a sales representative to approach prospective students directly. A temporary part-time position of…

This 1974 report contains a summary and analysis of data collected from a survey of 100 city prime sponsors to determine the impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) on the vocational education system based on CETA's first year in operation. Some of the basic conclusions presented (as derived from data received) are…

A study was conducted in New York State to identify the administrative factors and/or practices that contribute to successful high school programs of mainstreaming the handicapped and to develop a working report that identifies these factors and/or practices to aid occupational education administrators and supervisors in planning and evaluating…

This report describes the national workshop program and participating states' follow-up activities which were a part of an administrators' national training program to improve vocational programs' cost effectiveness. It consists of an introduction and three additional chapters. Chapter 2 presents a summary of developmental strategies, nominal…

Seventy-eight federally funded California vocational education projects were evaluated to provide information on which to base plans for future research and exemplary program policies and procedures in vocational education. Objectives of the evaluation were to (1) provide information for future planning of administration of funds; (2) determine if…

This study focused on aspects of a problem defined through statements of both general and particular objectives. Included as general objectives were: (1) the development of a method for identifying and describing groups of students excluded from Cooperative Work Education (CWE) programs, and (2) the development of comparative analysis of students…