A follow-up survey of 1986 graduates of Guam Community College was conducted to chart graduates' progress and to gauge the effectiveness of the college's programs. A total of 382 graduates were surveyed; 185 of them had received high school diplomas through the college-high school cooperative vocational education program. The rate of response for…

A study was conducted to determine if the structure and administration of the manufacturing internship of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET) program at Ferris State University (FSU) was congruent with commonly accepted practice. It examined whether the current internship design was satisfactory in terms of the perspective of industry…

This digest provides an overview of a new institution, the professional development school (PDS), and of its place in improving public schooling. The PDS is the result of a collaboration between universities and local school districts. In recent years, the literature has suggested that public schools as they exist today cannot adequately prepare…

An assessment was made of the staff structures of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs, recommended staff backgrounds, current staff backgrounds, and staff development measures. Recommendations were made on how staff development could be improved. Data for the study were gathered through a survey of all state JTPA directors and a random…

A survey of prospective teachers' beliefs about teaching mathematics and writing to diverse learners was conducted for the purpose of improving teacher education programs. Respondents were 319 elementary education students, 71 prospective secondary math teachers, 52 prospective teachers of secondary English, 23 noneducation math majors, and 19…

A workshop was conducted at North Arlington High School in the summer of 1983 to coordinate the school's expanded career education program, Project Lead the Way, which encompasses grades 8 through 11. During the workshop, teachers and counselors reviewed student evaluations of the past year's program; planned for the following year's program; and…

This guide is intended to provide teachers and administrators, especially in West Virginia, with information about high school dropouts, their characteristics, and ways to retain potential dropouts in high school. A pretest and answer key precede the text of the report. The first section presents an overview of the dropout problem and its…

An evaluation is presented of the adequacy and effectiveness of the vocational education program delivery systems in the State of North Carolina assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (VEA) and under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Evaluation was conducted through analysis of seven reports issued by various state…

The umbrella associations from all 12 member states of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) approved a Joint Opinion on Education and Training that lays down a series of principles important for the development of future European Community vocational training policy. A document was issued as a follow-up to an…

This paper reviews the major educational reform literature to identify commonalities of ways in which the reform movement is bringing changes to teacher education programs. The literature reviewed includes: (1) "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform"; (2) "Tomorrow's Teachers: A Report of the Holmes Group";…

The California Plan for Career-Vocational Education (CVE) was created to lay the groundwork for the reform, revitalization, and redirection of CVE in California. Part One of the plan established the unifying mission for CVE in California and identified issues and goals for program implementation. The purpose of Part Two is to identify strategies…

From its earliest development, distance education has promised inexpensive, egalitarian, high quality mass education. An examination of the literature about distance education in developing nations indicates that the gulf between what distance education is promising to achieve in these nations and what it is actually achieving is wide and will…

Stage Two of the Title IV Quality Control Project is an evaluation of quality of the United States Department of Education's major student aid programs. The study sought to identify, measure, and analyze error during the 1985-86 academic year in each of the five major Title IV programs, including the Pell Grant program, the Campus-Based programs…

This report, prepared in response to a requirement in the Academic Research Facilities Modernization Act, proposes a plan for the modernization of general research facilities in which academic research is conducted, including research buildings, research laboratories, support rooms, and other institutional or departmental facilities in scientific…

This report presents a final evaluation of the Chapter 1, Part B Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children, Citywide/District 75 Institutionalized Facilities Program. This program was designed to provide after-school supplementary instruction in prevocational skills, activities of daily living, and academic remediation to students between the…