This monograph is designed to motivate and assist Kentucky guidance counselors in fulfilling their role in achieving sex fair vocational education. Section 1 describes the status of vocational education in Kentucky and the United States. These areas are covered: changing roles of men and women, composition of the labor force, undersupply of…

These activities are suggestions for expanding the scope of activities undertaken to eliminate sex bias and promote nontraditional enrollment. They have primarily been compiled from local applications of vocational education policies in Georgia. Activities are first arranged according to eight major goals dealing with improvement of (1) long-range…

This final report contains a three-page narrative and extensive appendixes, including correspondence, surveys, field test evaluation and guide, and the Competency-Based Curriculum Guide for Practical Nursing Education in Virginia developed by the project. The over 200-page curriculum guide presents a suggested master curriculum for a twelve or…

A research project examined adequacy and appropriateness of traditional means of teacher preparation for health occupations programs and made recommendations for change. Its specific task was to survey (via questionnaires) all personnel involved in health occupations programs at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels in various educational…

This curriculum guide contains materials necessary to implement the vocational English as a Second Language (ESL) program for Farm Equipment Operators developed by the Ceres Unified School District. The flrst two sections provide the plans and accompanying forms for needs assessment and recruitment/intake/enrollment. In the third section a…

A study examined the differential effects of experiences prior to labor force entry, primarily in high school, on the later sex-typicality of occupations and earnings of non-college-bound men and women. The study analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Labor Market Experiences of Young Men and Women. (These surveys lnvolved…

Results of the most recent Administrative Salary Survey of the Association of American Medical Colleges are analyzed. The data represent 94 U.S. medical schools, with the number of applicable staff positions ranging from two to 52 per institution. The positions considered included those in which at least 20 percent of the time was spent in…

The 1980 proposed budget for education is examined in hearings before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives' appropriations committee. Witnesses include Dr. Mary F. Berry, Assistant Secretary for Education, Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, Commissioner in the Office of Education, and others. The report begins with an education division overview. In…

An observational recording system was devised to record and to replay the stream of classroom events--nonverbal events, as well as verbal. Although videotape recording/closed circuit television has been used in similar systems, the one here used selected 35mm. stills made from 16mm. film. The stills were then synchronized with tape recordings and…

This report provides, in tabular form, Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC)-National University Extension Association (NUEA) programs and registrations for 1970-1971. Academic subjects are grouped under the following basic headings: Agriculture, Behavioral Sciences, Biological Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Health…

During the 1975-76 academic year, the California Mini-Corps, a component of the California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children, consisted of a summer and a school-year Teacher Assistant Program, the Medi-Corps Paramedical Program, a Teacher Intern Program, and an Administrative Trainee Program. Methodological approaches used to directly…

This dictionary defines approximately 3,500 terms related to adult, continuing, higher, and lifelong learning. It provides detailed references to the main historical and contemporary figures, organizations, and concepts involved in adult and further education around the world with a distinct focus on the core issues in this rapidly changing field.…

This document, which is the first part in a two-part set of modules on anatomy and physiology for future surgical technicians, contains the teacher and student editions of an introduction to anatomy and physiology that consists of modules on the following topics: (1) organization of the human body; (2) biochemistry and microbiology; (3) infection,…

Employers are experiencing difficulties filling vacancies for information technology (IT) positions because of rapid growth in the demand for IT workers, high turnover, and the unique characteristics of IT work. In response to the growing demand for IT workers, public and private education and training providers are expanding their offerings and…

Changes in the policy context of limited income families' lives have created new stresses at the intersection of work and family. This research used detailed interviews with limited income working mothers of infants 4 to 18 months old to learn about their work experiences, individual well-being, and perceptions of their infants' experiences in…