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Whatever Happened to the RCU? The Changing Face of State-Level Vocational Education Research.

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Miller, Michael T. – 1994

Research coordinating units (RCUs) were created by Congress in 1968 through passage of the Vocational Education Act Amendments. RCUs were state-level agencies for coordinating research and development projects for occupational and vocational education. After RCUs were disbanded in 1984 under the Perkins Act, many of their former research and…

Descriptors: Agency Role, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Research

A COORDINATING UNIT FOR RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

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STEPHENS, JOHN F. – 1966

ACTIVITIES OF THE UTAH RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, DURING ITS FIRST 16 MONTHS OF OPERATION, WERE DESCRIBED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES OF THE UNIT'S VARIED EFFORTS WERE (1) DEVELOPING WITHIN THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AN AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF RESEARCH TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL…

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Federal Aid