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Download full textVORHIES, RALPH M. – 1964
INFORMATION FOR THIS STUDY WAS OBTAINED FROM A SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES OFFERING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR THE TERMINAL STUDENT, AND FROM FORMER STUDENTS. EXAMINATION OF THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF COURSES OFFERED, STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, AND EMPLOYMENT RECORDS OF FORMER STUDENTS INDICATES THAT 1) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION HAS BEEN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Student Characteristics, Technical Education, Terminal Education
Barrett, Anita Goucher – 1972
This study investigated the status of communications programs for the terminal technical-vocational student in public junior colleges in the United States. Data were gathered from 173 junior colleges in 28 states. It was found that (1) 65 percent of the respondents offer communications courses for occupational students and that the smaller and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Evaluation, English Curriculum, Technical Education
PDF pending restorationFROST, RONALD A.; SPECTOR, IRWIN L. – 1967
IN 1966-67, AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM SCORES EARNED BY 67 GLENDALE COLLEGE (ARIZONA) TECHNICAL STUDENTS WERE COMPARED WITH SCORES OF THE COLLEGE'S POPULATION AS A WHOLE, NUMBERING 693 STUDENTS. THE SCORES OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS TENDED TO BE LOWER IN ENGLISH AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN NATURAL…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Educational Testing
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Argues that transfer options for occupational-technical students have not kept pace with the high transfer rates of this group. Reports on the characteristics of the career-track transfer population, articulation formats for career-track transfer, and policy barriers to articulation. Reviews recent calls for and steps taken toward transfer…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Franklin Pierce School District, Tacoma, WA. – 1974
The Technical Interdisciplinary Program is a Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, federally funded exemplary program. Franklin Pierce High School is the only high school in the state of Washington with a program of this nature. The Technical Interdisciplinary Program is designed to incorporate two or more disciplines into one…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Gustilo, Ted O., Jr.; Trufant, John E. – 1974
This study was conducted to facilitate future statewide decision-making by obtaining data on all students, both full-time and part-time, who had enrolled in Virginia Community College System occupational-technical programs at any time from fall 1966 through fall 1969. Graduates and non-graduates, as well as those who changed to or from…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Participant Satisfaction
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1977
This monograph contains follow-up information gathered by 54 Texas postsecondary institutions on 1975-76 occupational/technical graduates of both certificate and associate degree programs. Data are reported for 8,763 graduates from a total population of 13,958. The highlights were that: (1) 71% of the graduates were full-time employees in their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1977
A total of 3,254 nonreturning occupational/technical and university transfer/academic students responded to a series of surveys conducted throughout Texas during fall 1976 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, education goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Educational Background, Employment Patterns
Lombardi, John – 1978
The phenomenal growth in enrollments in occupational courses since the early Sixties signals a new direction for the community college movement. From a predominantly baccalaureate-oriented institution the community college has become an occupational-oriented institution. The statistics on the college, state, and national level attest to this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Economic Climate, Educational History
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background
