Documents announced in the Volume 8, Number 1 issue of "Abstracts of Insturctional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF AVAILABLE IN VT-ERIC SET. The microfiche set is arranged in the following…

Seventy-one liberal arts students and 162 students enrolled in allied health and secretarial programs at Middlesex Community College were surveyed to obtain data for this study. The two groups are compared on the basis of personal characteristics, community of residence, work experience, parental characteristics and attitudes, attitudes toward…

This practicum studies the future educational and/or occupational plans of 223 technical program students enrolled in Brevard Community College (BCC) during the Fall 1973 term in order to suggest adjustments in college procedures to facilitate student transition to continued college or to their chosen professions. The characteristics of technical…

A total of 1,341 male and female students enrolled at a private women's college, a two-year comprehensive college of moderate size, an agricultural-technical college, and a small two-year comprehensive college were surveyed in Spring 1974 to determine demographic and descriptive data, career choices, plans for labor force participation, and…

Documents announced in the Volume 8, Number 3 issue of "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF available in VT-ERIC set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following…

A study was made to determine to what extent the open-door philosophy of the community college is reflected in certain variables of adult enrollees and to what extent communities in the area of Southeastern Community College have been involved in the process of curriculum development. Data on 3004 adult participants were used and similar…

Addressed to high school and college students interested in working with the mentally retarded, the booklet describes opportunities in the field. Careers considered include 16 in health and health related services, four in education, seven in social and rehabilitative services, and six in administration and coordination of services. Research…

The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable perception instrument and to use the instrument to identify the significant perceptions of office work held by 10th grade female students enrolled in urban high schools serving disadvantaged youth, and to compare these perceptions with those held by 10th grade female students enrolled…

The basic question to be considered was: "What will it take to provide adequate numbers of appropriately qualified operators of X-ray machines in medicine?" The conference was planned to provide maximum opportunity for exchange of ideas among technicians, educators of technicians, employers of technicians, and those involved in regulating the…

Based on information (1966-67) from the on-the-job-training program of the Iowa State Manpower Development Council, this study analyzed variations in placement among 123 applicants aged 45-65. Questionnaire variables were race, sex, age, marital status, physical or social handicap, education, weeks unemployed, occupational level, financial…

The ensuing report is a counselor's first hand account of her experience with Vermont's Manpower Pilot Project on Public Service Employment. This statewide project was designed to test temporary subsidized employment in nonprofit agencies for low income clients. The report describes and refers to many case studies, specifically those who entered…

Documents announced in the Vol. 7, No. 1 issue of "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF available in VT-ERIC set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following…

Documents announced in the Vol. 7, No. 2 issue of "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF available in VT-ERIC set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following…

Documents announced in the Vol. 7, No. 3 issue of "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF available in VT-ERIC set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following…

Documents announced in the Vol. 7, No. 4 issue of "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) are included in this microfiche set. Microfiche availability for these documents is shown in the AIM/ARM resume as MF available in VT-ERIC set. The micorfiche set is arranged in the…