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Download full textPeterman, Dana. – 1999
This digest presents highlights from the Winter 1998 New Directions for Community Colleges volume titled "Determining the Economic Benefits of Attending Community College." The passage of the Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (VATEA) in 1990 gave incentives to states to develop accountability measures. Attempts are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Opportunities, Educational Economics, Employment Patterns
Texas State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. Div. of Community Colleges and Technical Institutes. – 2002
This document summarizes the Public Community and Technical College Institutional Effectiveness Process sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Institutional Effectiveness (IE) process was implemented in response to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, which stipulates that public institutions of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
McQuay, Paul – 2002
This report was prepared as part of a project submission for the European Union, spring 2001. The document begins with a brief review of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act and the policies and organizations established to govern federal support of vocational-technical education (VTE) programs in the United States. The author…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Secondary Education, Technical Education
Direct linkWiseley, W. Charles – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1998
Discusses the collaboration among the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, the California Employment Development Department and community college practitioners to develop an administrative data-matching system to meet accountability mandates of the 1990 Perkins Act. Reviews the benefits of collaboration when matching student records…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1997
The purpose of the Postsecondary Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Grants Officers' conference was to have officers share with each other the best practices of the VATEA programs. The report of the conference includes a presentation on workforce preparation by the Acting Deputy Commissioner, a keynote address from the Regent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Job Training
Scott, Robert W. – Vocational Education Journal, 1991
Tech prep prepares people for technical careers by linking high school studies with community college coursework. The Pee Dee Tech Prep Program in North Carolina is a joint venture between the Richmond County Schools and Richmond Community College that connects essential skills learned in high school with occupation-specific skills taught in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Job Skills
Peer reviewedKern, 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
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
A study compared student participation and program features in two-year college vocational education programs in school year 1993-94 (after enactment of Perkins amendments) with 1990-91 (before enactment). Questionnaires were mailed to a sample of two-year public and private nonprofit colleges in two surveys, one for 1990-91 and another for…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1994
Prepared by the California State Board of Education in response to requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Act, this 10-chapter plan provides the basis for state operation and administration of VATEA funds for 1994-96. The first section describes state economics, demographics, employment rates,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Madison. Wisconsin Technical Coll. System. – 1994
This document, which is intended for secondary and postsecondary administrators, coordinators, and others in Wisconsin who are responsible for seeking funding for tech prep projects, details 1996 project application guidelines for funding under Title III E of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Presented in…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Consortia, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
A random nationally generalizable sample of 563 public and private nonprofit institutions offering up to 2 years of postsecondary education (response rate, 85%) was studied to determine the status of vocational program quality before and after passage of the 1990 Perkins amendments. Data on vocational program enrollments, initial changes to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Baldus, Lorayne – 1995
A staff development program on gender equity was conducted for personnel in Wisconsin's technical colleges using the train-the-trainer method. The training took two approaches: a class for college personnel and career challenge training for project directors of single parent and displaced homemaker grants. The inservice class resulted in increased…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Affirmative Action, Displaced Homemakers, Equal 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)
Lewis, Morgan V. – 1992
The Iowa State Plan for Vocational Education received conditional approval pending a new needs assessment that would be deemed responsive to Section 116 of the Perkins Act, which mandates needs assessment of vocational-technical (VT) programs. The U.S. Department of Education prepared instruments assessing the degree to which Iowa's VT programs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. – 1992
This document reports the proceedings of a teleconference convened to acquaint vocational education leaders and the vocational education community with the federal guidelines for "tech prep" programs as well as the elements of successful programs. About 700 down-link sites from 48 states participated in the conference, with an etimated…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
