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Ohio State Board of Regents, Columbus. Office of Two-Year Campuses. – 1985
Because technical education represents a considerable expenditure of Ohio state resources, an annual survey is conducted to determine the employment status of technical school graduates. Every year each institution offering technical education programs is asked to report the total number of degrees awarded in each program offered, the number of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Job Placement
Download full textVerma, Nandita; Coulton, Claudia – 2001
A Cuyahoga County, Ohio, study focused on two cohorts: pre-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) leavers who left in the third quarter of 1996 and post-TANF leavers who left in the third quarter of 1998. Outcomes were examined for about 6,151 adult welfare leavers. Findings indicated the rate of leaving welfare increased between 1996-98;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Steurer, Stephen J.; Smith, Linda; Tracy, Alice – 2001
The impact of correctional education (CE) on inmates' postrelease behavior was examined in a longitudinal study of recidivism in Maryland (which has a medium-sized prison population), Minnesota (which has a small prison population), and Ohio (which has a large prison population). The study sample consisted of 3,170 individuals in the release…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record of the first of two hearings to gather testimony on the effects of welfare reform and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The oral and written testimony focuses on TANF legislation's outcomes and impact on work and families in…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economics, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This resource is designed to provide Ohio labor market information for use with advisory committees to stimulate and inform dialogue about the current evaluation and future planning of programs. It provides reports for 23 career fields in 6 career clusters. Each report highlights careers and occupations in the field and answers these questions:…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Cincinnati, OH. – 2002
The role of Ohio's community and technical colleges in educating low-wage workers was examined. Ohio's community and technical colleges were shown to be uniquely positioned to serve as bridges to growth and opportunity by helping the state and its workers make the transition to a knowledge-based economy and help low-wage workers gain the footing…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Role
