The current U.S. secondary education, postsecondary education, and workforce training systems are failing to serve the needs of many of today's students. Securing a good job with a family-sustaining wage increasingly requires workers to possess industry certifications, degrees, and credentials, but U.S. education systems are not set up to help…

Located differentially (and to its detriment) within a status hierarchy of knowledge, vocational education has been called upon to satisfy an increasing range of political and social needs, including meeting the needs of industry and government and catering for increasing pupil diversity. Faced with stubbornly immobile rates of school completion…

In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), one of the German states, catchment areas for part-time vocational schools were abolished in 2008. With the intention to foster competition between schools in order to improve school quality, training companies now may freely choose the school of their choice. NRW is the first German state to take this step. In the…

This critical analysis of vocational education in the Federal Republic of Germany appeared in the Hamburger Lehrerzeitung (September 23, 1973, v51 n15). (Editor)

The directory gives name, address, and course offerings of 1,413 schools in New York State which have been approved for the training of veterans, servicewomen, servicemen, and eligible dependents under Title 38, United States Code, as of January 1, 1973. The index is compiled alphabetically with reference numbers assigned for correlation with the…

A follow-up survey of a group of students who had attended occupations schools. (JA)

A Tennessee vocational-technical school has become a certified paramedical school to help supply to its area badly needed paramedical personnel. (Author)

This study of the status and growth of vocational education in Finland was excerpted from Educational Reform in Finland in the 1970s (Reference Publications 4, Helsinki, Ministry of Education, 1970). (Editor)

Government industrial development training grants to establish vocational schools, training centers, technical colleges, and trade apprenticeship and management training programs are the trend in Ireland to remedy past excessive academic bias and to ensure an adequate supply of skilled manpower. (EA)

Contained in this alphabetized, occupational education directory are the names of secondary and post-secondary education programs offered by New York's public and private institutions. Listed alphabetically by county, only licensed, registered, or approved schools and programs are included. (SN)

The Community Resource Manual is a compilation of basic information about the Houston area, including public and private training schools. Other areas replicating the Group Guidance Program could use the manual as a format or guide to the gathering of similar data pertaining to their own communities. The manual is meant to be used by students,…

This report provides guidelines for educational policy based on an analysis of current and projected manpower development in the state of California. The major findings and recommendations are: (1) A specific agency must be developed to recommend to the state government long-range policies for manpower development and education. (2) The secondary…

The latest principle behind designing and planning vocational-technical school is "built-in-pride", which must be motivated in both student and surrounding community. We are at last emerging from the dark tunnel of the "trade school", away from the cold institutional look, the clamor of shop classrooms, echoing corridors, and the invisible tattoo…

The major purpose of this study is to investigate possible differences among 2-year colleges that differ in educational philosophies. Branch campuses are found to prepare students for transfer to 4-year colleges; junior colleges and technical institutes prepare students in both transfer and terminal programs; and vocational-technical centers…