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Kern, Ronald P. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1992
Presents a three-step model for developing competency-based programs in accordance with the new Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Covers the identification of program competencies, course design, and the development of course descriptions and syllabi. Discusses documentation requirements. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Community Coll. Services Unit. – 1999
This guide to standards and measures for compliance with the Perkins Act was developed by and for 29 community colleges in Michigan in order to provide accountability for planning and program improvement. The Perkins Act requires recipients of Perkins funds to evaluate the effectiveness of programs based upon a statewide system of standards and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. – 1999
Pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and in accordance with Program Memorandum 2 issued by Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, the State of Hawaii is submitting a transition plan under Option 3 to extend the current Multi-Year Plan. The plan discussed in this report takes into…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Colorado State Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1996
A survey was conducted of Colorado postsecondary career and technical programs in 1995 to gauge how the state has responded to mandates of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. Results were reported for the first three of nine standards developed by a statewide committee in 1992. The three standards require postsecondary…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Hawaii State Board for Vocational Education, Honolulu. – 1994
During the 1993-94 program year, enrollment in secondary and postsecondary vocational education (VE) programs in Hawaii totaled 20,788 and 8,645, respectively. VE services were provided primarily through Hawaii's 39 public secondary schools, 7 public community colleges, and the University of Hawaii Community Colleges Employment Training Center. VE…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education)
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