Reports results of a 2-year study designed to identify student characteristics and factors associated with success in an associate degree agricultural program. (SB)

Describes a 2-year post-secondary program designed to prepare students for a career in the farm supply industry. (SB)

Attempts to analyze crime control program development and relate it to several independent variables which might be associated. Results show that often crime control programs were developed at the Associate degree level and appear to duplicate or approximate the police training academies. (Author)

Employment projections in the health occupations are explored along with reasons why there are shortages of experienced health personnel. Several training programs and recruitment plans are described. The concept of the multiskilled technician is also discussed. (CT)

Details a proposal to establish an associate degree engineering technology program to prepare students to enter a state university system. This would solve the problem of articulation between a community college and a state-related university. (JOW)

Describes a program which enables homebound students to earn an associate degree in applied science and to gain marketable skills through learning at home. The article describes who is eligible, how the program is supported, what materials are used, how instruction is conducted, and how the students have performed. (CT)

A South Carolina technical college has developed a unique program emphasizing on-the-job experience to train future golf course managers. (Author/JH)

Delineates the need for and describes an experiential course on self-concept development for preservice teachers in the early childhood Associate Degree program at New Mexico State University. Notes that activities designed for nontraditional adult learners focus on development of self-knowledge, esteem, and ideals through self assessment and…

Describes the current teacher credentialing situation in California, the community college Teacher and Reading Development Partnership (TRDP) program, and six California community college programs dedicated to the elimination of an acute teacher shortage. Reports that, by targeting the state's community colleges as the future educational outlets…

The American College Testing (ACT) Objective Test was evaluated over a one-year period for its ability to assess general educational outcomes with Associate of Arts degree candidates at the General College of the University of Minnesota. It was concluded that the ACT did not provide an adequate measure of educational gains and might be culturally…

Analysis of data from a sample of 3,309 subjects in the National Longitudinal Survey found that earning less than a 4-year degree does not increase the earnings of high school vocational graduates. However, secondary vocational education was the only high school curriculum to have a significant positive effect on earnings of the non-college-bound.…

Disputes critics' claims about the negligible impact of an associate degree on income. Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 to demonstrate how associate degrees have increased wages for members of this group. (DMM)

Answers questions about tech prep: How will it help at-risk students? What are ideal tech prep/associate degree (TPAD) programs? How do applied academics fit in? and What elements contribute to successful TPAD programs? (SK)

Relates Congress's demand that by the year 2003, more than half of the teachers in the Head Start programs must have at least an associate degree in Early Childhood Education. Summarizes the funding initiatives provided by the American Indian Program Branch to tribal colleges to begin educating Head Start personnel in their areas in response to…