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McKinney, Floyd L.; Halasz-Salster, Ida – 1981
A comprehensive literature review and case studies of three community colleges and one technical institute were conducted as part of a study to determine the economic and educational factors which relate positively or negatively to the successful placement of students who have completed postsecondary vocational programs. Data gathered through…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Economic Development
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1978
This document was designed to serve as a guide for coordinators and administrators of cooperative vocational education programs in the Hawaii community colleges. An introductory chapter outlines the purpose, definition, methods of instruction, and criteria for cooperative vocational education as well as advantages of such programs to students, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Community Colleges
Download full textTolbert, Jack F. – 1979
Proprietary schools represent a growing segment of the total educational effort of this country and one which often has been misunderstood by the public education community. While greater cooperation is desirable between proprietary trade schools and non-proprietary schools providing similar job training, the prejudice of traditional educators…
Descriptors: Bias, Career Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Research
DELEHANTY, JOHN; MISHNUN, FLORENCE – 1966
DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 1962-MAY 1965, ABOUT 65,000 PERSONS RECEIVED TRAINING IN SERVICE AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA). MOST PREPARED FOR SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS, ALTHOUGH MANY OTHERS RECEIVED TESTING, COUNSELING, LITERACY TRAINING, AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTS. OVER HALF THE…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Enrollment
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH REACHED 4,567 YOUTHS AT ITS JOB CENTER. MANY OF THESE WERE COUNSELED, 1,448 PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN YOUTH JOB CORPS AND 528 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS IN TRADE TRAINING AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MFY CARRIED OUT A JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION IN…
Descriptors: Community Action, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
Miklos, Erwin; Nixon, Mary – 1978
This research project collected, compiled, analyzed, and disseminated information about educational administration programs offered by Canadian universities. Among the specific questions addressed were the following: (1) What programs are offered by various universities? (2) What are some of the characteristics of the context in which those…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Admission Criteria, Doctoral Programs, Educational Administration
Goetsch, David L. – 1981
Designed for use as a textbook for prospective vocational instructors or a handbook for practicing instructors, this guide provides information on the non-teaching responsibilities of the vocational instructor. Hundreds of hints, suggestions, strategies, techniques, and approaches for improving effectiveness, and numerous illustrations and sample…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Inservice Teacher Education
Fuller, Earl H. – 1978
A questionnaire was administered to 1977 degree recipients at North Carolina State University regarding their post-graduation plans. Those who did not respond to the spring survey and those who responded but reported unemployment were mailed a followup questionnaire. The following information is presented: post-graduation statistics for bachelor's…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Services
Peterson, Marla – 1979
This paper discusses some of the specialized knowledge, role expansion, and guidance and counseling techniques designed to help school counselors and other school personnel assist handicapped students with their life development. A section on pupil personnel service workers examines the necessity for such workers and the federal laws affecting…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Counselor Role, Education Work Relationship
Francis, John Bruce; Jones, Griffith, III – 1976
The effectiveness of vocational education at New York State's public two-year colleges was investigated during spring 1976. Part one of the project was a follow-up study of 1970-71 and 1973-74 graduates to ascertain their success in job or transfer placement within fields for which they were trained, salary and job mobility patterns, and opinions…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Alley, William E.; And Others – 1977
The Vocational Interest Career Examination (VOICE) is 400-item multiple choice inventory developed by the Air Force to improve the quality of vocational guidance and job placement. The VOICE is divided into four categories: job titles, work task, spare time activities, and desired learning experiences. Factor-referenced homogeneous subscales were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Choice, Enlisted Personnel
Ullman, Joseph C.; Huber, George P. – 1973
The book represents an effort to assess the performance, structure, and direction of the Job Bank Program of the Public Employment Service, a program meant to improve the functioning of the labor market information system in the United States. The research had three goals: to assess the relative goal achievement of job banks; to determine its…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Wilkes County Board of Education, Wilkesboro, NC. – 1975
From 1973 to 1975, the school systems of North Wilkesboro and Wilkes County, North Carolina engaged in a mutual venture to adjust the focus of special educational services from one of academic orientation to one of academic and occupational preparation. The special educational services provided to mentally retarded pupils in seven elementary…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Job Placement
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1976
The document reviews the School-to-Work Project, which has been concerned with improving and developing the school component of the job placement process. Research, design, development, and dissemination phases and results are traced from 1972-1976 through the following stages: (1) Research, 1972-74, involving a literature search to identify…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, Educational Research, Employment Services
Miller, Susan F.
The document presents a procedural guide for setting up and managing a job placement program for high school graduates. Four alternative models are presented: (1) a school-based model involving a placement person, placement office, comprehensive program, and integration into the school program; (2) a placement team model, involving teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Services, Guidance Programs, Guidelines
