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Copa, George H.; Irvin, Donald E., Jr. – American Vocational Journal, 1975
Lack of information on occupational supply and demand is cited as the prime reason for ineffective program planning in vocational education. The article looks at the primary planning decision: whom to serve, how many, what to offer, where to offer it, when to offer it, and how to offer it. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Needs, Labor Needs, Labor Supply
Copa, George H.; Salem, M. Nagi – 1980
This report discusses the procedure used to provide information describing the present and projected interference between labor supply and demand as a part (Table I) of the Minnesota State Plan for Vocational-Technical Education. Chapter 1 briefly reviews previous and on-going research work which serves as a basis for the procedure. Chapters 2 and…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections
Copa, George H.; Irvin, Donald E., Jr. – 1974
In the first half of this report a format or framework is outlined for displaying occupational supply and demand information for use in planning education for work programs. In the second half, the use of the procedure is demonstrated by filling in the format with Minnesota supply and demand information (1970-71) and drawing from it illustrative…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Economic Research
Salem, M. Nagi; Copa, George H. – 1981
A study was conducted to increase understanding of how postsecondary vocational education programs in Minnesota link to the labor market. The process used was to examine the types of jobs selected by program graduates and the consistency of stability in the job selection patterns among area vocational-technical institutes offering the same…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Career Choice, Carpentry