As the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs; postsecondary institutions that enroll 25% or more Latinx students) in the United States increases annually, so does the need to theorize about what it means to have an HSI organizational identity. Using interview data from a multiple case study of three institutionally diverse HSIs in the…

This paper provides an overview of some of the issues involved in developing and implementing vocational education effectiveness indicators and systems. The paper first discusses educational effectiveness indicator systems--with the emphasis on "systems" in contrast to individual effectiveness indicators taken alone--and stresses the…

Twelve members of school faculty and staff participated in a refined competency-based continuation of a pilot program to train individuals to function as placement coordinators in their schools in southern Illinois. Participants enrolled in a weekly placement seminar on campus for the 1978-79 academic year and in a continuous supervised internship…

This resource manual describes a model for planning and developing comprehensive career placement services integrated into the total career development efforts of secondary and postsecondary schools in Illinois. The manual is designed to be used by educational administrators at the local and regional level in developing specific program goals,…

A project was initiated to disseminate staff development materials which provide a model for systematically planning comprehensive systems of guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-through and to help Illinois educational agencies in efficiently operating comprehensive guidance and counseling programs. In the first of a two-phase project,…

The study described in the report was made to determine the status of guidance, counseling, placement, and followup services in selected Illinois schools and to make recommendations for improvement. Study tasks included surveying 16 schools (by mail and by on-site visits) and interpreting the collected data. Six community colleges, six high…

A study was conducted to determine the manner in which special needs services were organized in all 39 community college districts of Illinois, the types of services offered, the coordinator's informational needs regarding services offered, and the types of post-college transitional services offered to special needs students. The study was…

To facilitate curriculum improvement and career counseling in the field of agriculture, a survey was conducted to determine the marketability, or job placement, of the 1977 agriculture graduates from both two-year and four-year colleges in Illinois. A questionnaire was sent to the 1,832 graduates and was returned by 665. In response to a separate…

This curriculum guide offers a complete program for teaching pre-employment job-seeking skills that can be implemented in the secondary or postsecondary school. It contains 15 units on job search methods and job survival skills, divided into 40 lesson plans that teachers can use in the classroom. The material is intended to be integrated into…

This information guide is designed to help handicapped adults and parents of handicapped youth become aware of the vocational programs and services available in the community as well as in Illinois and to understand what to ask for when considering vocational programing. Chapter 1 is an introduction and overview. Information is provided on the…