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Drury, Richard L. – 1999
This dissertation discusses the results of two surveys--one of community college presidents and one of community college students--conducted to determine the existing and planned entrepreneurship credit and noncredit programs within the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and the interest in these programs from students enrolled in business…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
Dallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 2001
The Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) conducted this study in order to obtain a central measure of institutional effectiveness in the performance of graduates in the work place. The answers to the study questions provide a basis for educational improvement. A survey was mailed to employers who register to recruit from DCCCD…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Maurer, Matthew J. – 2000
Changes in work and the workplace have made competing demands on school reform: higher standards and expectations for academic achievement as well as technical competence and ability to apply knowledge in context. Therefore, educators must discover how academic subjects such as science can be a more integral part of career and technical education…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Al-Zubaidy, Sarim; George, Nancy A. – 2000
Since 1995, when the College of Arts, Science, and Technology (CAST) became the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), it has been working to integrate the best features of CAST's polytechnic tradition with the academic and research culture necessary in a university. Central to CAST's success has been its partnerships with business and…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Planning, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. – 1999
This publication was written in acknowledgment of career development month and is composed of activities for career development for elementary through secondary school students. The overall theme is school-to-work sustainability, and the document provides a guidance model that explains how the school-to-work transition can occur. The model is…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Guidance, Class Activities, Cooperative Education
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practice or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Programs
Hull, Jeremy – 2000
This report presents data from the 1996 Census of Canada concerning educational attainment, educational success, and labor market outcomes among Aboriginal people and others in Canada. There has been clear educational progress among registered Indians over the past decade, particularly in high school completion and postsecondary participation.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Census Figures, Education Work Relationship
Jackson, Tamatha – 2000
This paper examines whether Hispanic Americans are more likely than Anglo Americans to view college education as a major component in job attainment. The study reviewed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and surveyed 86 undergraduate students at Texas A&M University. The college sample was fairly representative of the student…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Test, David W. – 2001
This final report describes achievements and activities of a 3-year federally supported project by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to develop and deliver semester-long courses for professionals charged with providing transition services to students with disabilities. The project developed four courses and delivered them using…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
2000
This final performance report discusses the activities and outcomes of a project that addressed the need for training certified and highly qualified secondary special education teachers to provide classroom and transition related instruction and services to students with low incidence or severe disabilities. The project was carried out by the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Westchester Community Coll., Valhalla, NY. Office of Institutional Research. – 1998
In fall 1997, Westchester Community College (WCC) in New York conducted a survey of 970 students who graduated in summer or fall of 1996 or spring of 1997 to determine their educational and work-related outcomes. The study provides information about these graduates in three ways. First, it profiles their demographic, educational, and work-related…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, Minneapolis, MN. – 2002
This brief for parents discusses the transition of students with disabilities from the structured environment of school to the post-school world and transition requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997. It begins by explaining the importance of transition planning and decision-making and the need for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Piland, William E.; Graham, Martha A.; Hess, Shelly L.; Ford, Michael B. – 2001
This is a report on the universal program review developed and administered by Southwestern College (SWC) (California) to help achieve its institutional mission and meet accreditation standards. The program review was designed by the Achieving Institutional Mission (AIM) committee, which consisted of SWC faculty and administrative staff members.…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
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