Designed for use by officials of the Federal Executive and Legislative Branches, this report provides data regarding Federal training activities, developments, and trends. Part I of the report presents statistical data regarding the amounts, types, and sources of the training provided Federal employees during FY 72 and the non-salary expenditures…

This publication reports the activities of an institute for in-service training of professional persons responsible for vocational-technical education in eastern metrololitan areas. Three related problem areas were seen as reasons for the development and focus of this institute. These included: (1) lack of guidance counselor involvement in the…

This study was conducted as part of a larger study to determine characteristics common to Associate Degree graduates of six technical education programs at Pennsylvania State University so as to determine its relevance and relative effectiveness to the population it served. It is the second followup in the longitudinal study. Data were derived…

This publication, a pilot study intended to serve as a benchmark for a future series, should prove useful to those who are working toward the improvement of State department of education personnel salaries, as well as to those interested in the development of some uniformity in position title and function for future surveys. A questionnaire sent…

One of a series of training manuals prepared for enlisted personnel in the Navy and Naval Reserve, this self-study program is designed to enable the electrician's mate to prepare himself for the increased responsibilities of a senior petty officer with ability to operate, maintain, and repair voltage and frequency regulating equipment…

Presents guidelines and content description of a course in electron microscopy. Discusses three types of learning modules: material preparation, instrumentation, and information processing. (MA)

Assesses black enlisted participation in the Army through a presentation of trend data showing the distribution of blacks across the enlisted rank structure, and the assignment of blacks by military occupational specialities. The unequal distribution of blacks across ranks decreases over time but remains not noticeable. Blacks are under…

The author discusses the importance of technical education to the future workplace. He presents a potential organizing framework for the study of technology. (CH)

Reports tracer studies of Kenyan youths leaving technical school to determine their success at obtaining gainful employment. Almost 43% were neither in formal schooling nor training, nor employed a year after leaving, although technical skills were seen as useful, particularly in private life. (DP)

Using Bloom's taxonomy as the basis for an empirical investigation, this paper examines what engineering students and professionals want from engineering education. Fifty engineering students, from Computer Science and Information Technology courses, were asked to rank activity verbs in order of their impression about frequency of their occurrence…

The study was carried out within the framework of a project that provided afterschool mathematics tutorial sessions to 10th-12th grade students by engineers in an informal setting. The participating students were selected from advanced level mathematics classes according to their need for additional support. The main goal of the study was to…

This report provides information about occupations that have median earnings (as of 1996) for full-time workers in the Great Lakes states of $30,000 a year or more. Data were gathered from the Current Population Survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data analysis showed that more than half of the good-paying occupation do not require a…

If students do not understand how agricultural and aquacultural technology affects the environment, as leaders they will not be prepared to cope with increasingly complicated environmental problems. Implications for two-year technical program development, student recruitment, interdepartmental cooperation, career education for children, and the…

Increased employment outlook for diesel mechanics is probably due to the fact that most industries using diesel engines in large numbers are expected to expand their activities. The training and workday of one diesel mechanic is described. (MS)