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Peer reviewedOrr, Margaret Terry – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1998
Analyzes three public policy vehicles aimed at integrating secondary education and community colleges: tech prep, school-to-work, and Goals 2000. Considers overlap, potential barriers, and the college role. Suggests that the three could be instrumental in creating a coherent work force development system if certain conditions are met. (SK)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Download full textRohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
