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Orange County Dept. of Education, Santa Ana, CA. – 1979
As a part of a project that was to develop a system for defining vocational education curriculum and services necessary to train students for new and emerging manpower needs and job opportuntites, this report describes seven new and emerging occupations. The occupations included represent those which have met the project criteria for "new and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications, Food Service
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1977
Developed as a guide for local joint apprenticeship and training committees in establishing local bricklaying apprenticeship programs, this booklet represents the sixth revision of the national apprenticeship and training standards for bricklaying apprenticeship. (The standards were prepared and approved by the National Joint Bricklaying…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Bricklaying
Pincus, Fred L. – 1978
A critical analysis of terminal vocational education reveals that its benefits may be modest, at best. Supporters argue that vocational education will reduce unemployment by preparing more students for upwardly-mobile "middle-level" jobs. They further contend that vocational education will reduce the number of four-year college graduates and bring…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Educational Benefits, Educational Discrimination, Employment Opportunities
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1979
Hearings on the Nurse Training Act Amendments of 1979 are presented. Texts are given of House Resolutions 1143, 1337, 1651, 1820, and 2489 to amend Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years the program of assistance for nurse training. Statements, testimonies, and letters from witnesses are provided. Among the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
RIESSMAN, FRANK – 1967
THE CLOWARD-PIVEN PLAN FOR PRECIPITATING A WELFARE CRISIS TO BRING ABOUT A GUARANTEED ANNUAL INCOME IS CRITICIZED AS AN ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY. BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WEAKEST SEGMENTS OF THE POOR, ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A LONG-TERM DISRUPTION OF THE POVERTY CYCLE IS QUESTIONED. A NATIONAL NEW CAREERS MOVEMENT IS PROPOSED AS AN ALTERNATIVE…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged, Guaranteed Income, Leadership
ALAM, MUBARKA; WRIGHT, E.N. – 1968
A STUDY OF NIGHT SCHOOL STAYINS AND DROPOUTS (PERSONS WHO MISSED CONSECUTIVE CLASSES) USED A RANDOMLY SELECTED SAMPLE OF 240 STAYINS AND 243 DROPOUTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TORONTO (ONTARIO) BOARD OF EDUCATION EVENING CLASSES. INTERVIEWS WERE GUIDED BY QUESTIONNAIRES BUILT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH. BOTH CODING…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Attitudes, Course Content
YOUMANS, E. GRANT – 1963
A SURVEY OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN 11 EASTERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES WAS DESIGNED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE RURAL SCHOOL DROPOUT DISADVANTAGED IN COMPARISON WITH THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE7 (2) IS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL AN ADVANTAGE IF THE YOUTH REMAINS IN A RURAL AREA7 (3) IS IT AN ADVANTAGE IF HE MOVES TO AN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Attitudes, Behavior Standards
Ireland, Vera M. – 1969
As an integral part of the library improvement program of the Atlanta Public School System, the library aide program, funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was developed to relieve librarians of routine clerical and nonprofessional duties. In order to evaluate the inservice training and library aide activities,…
Descriptors: Centralization, Clerical Occupations, Inservice Education, Learning Resources Centers
ROSSI, PETER H.; BLUM, ZAHAVA D. – 1968
THIS REPORT PROVIDES AN EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL REVIEW OF HOW THE POOR DIFFER FROM THE REST OF SOCIETY, HOW THESE DIFFERENCES ARISE, AND HOW THEY ARE MAINTAINED. SINCE THE POOR DIFFER FROM THE REST OF THE WORKING CLASS ONLY IN LEVEL OF EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, AND INCOME, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THEIR DIFFERENCES ARE QUANTITATIVE RATHER THAN…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cultural Differences, Educational Experience, Income
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Dept. of Education. – 1968
The purpose of this project was to explore the feasibility of developing a comprehensive system for health manpower planning which would involve educators, leaders in health occupations, state officials, and university research personnel. A long range approach was developed in the form of a theoretical model which considered population trends and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations Education, Conferences, Coordination
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1968
This Teacher's Manual is one of a series of instructional aids prepared by the Department of Agricultural Education at the Pennsylvania State University. It includes suggestions and references for the teacher to use with the student manual available as VT 001 637. In addition to the subject matter included in the student manual, pages are inserted…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Education, Employment Opportunities, High Schools
Vizza, Robert F. – 1967
This study sought to determine the educational and training background of chief sales executives, and their superiors, in large industrial firms, and their opinions on educational and training requirements for sales executives of the 1980's. Respondents were surveyed as to past education and training, opinions regarding future requirements, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Curriculum, Degrees (Academic)
Elliott, Jo Eleanor – 1964
Forty-five abstracts represent projects prepared by faculty personnel from Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing (WCHEN) member schools who were participants in a short-term course, "Improving Instruction Through the Use of Selected Tools and Techniques." Programed instruction projects involve various clinical areas and deal with such…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Media
A Comparative Study of the Job Performance of Spanish-Surname Police Officers in San Antonio, Texas.
Weaver, Charles N. – 1967
Conducted in 1967, this study contrasted the job performance of Spanish-surname and non-Spanish-surname police officers in the Investigation and Uniform Divisions of the San Antonio Police Department. Educational level and educational performance limited the number of Mexican Americans on the police force. The job performance factors considered…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background, Cultural Traits
Jones, Tom; Gisler, John – 1973
The project involved 14 trainees who were employed by the Utah Migrant Council prior to their training with 8 trainers. Pre-determined by the basic job descriptions for the Health Specialist, the objectives dealt with two basic factors: trainee knowledge and trainee skills in performing specific tasks. Areas covered by the objectives were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations, Competency Based Education, Health Education
