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New York State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Albany. – 1972
This report summarizes the proceedings, conclusions, and recommendations of the New York Vocational Advisory Council for the 1972 fiscal year. Concerned with the role and function of guidance, counseling, placement, and followup programs within the State, the Council authorized three studies: (1) The Arthur D. Little Study of six localities, (2)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Counseling, Guidance Programs
White, Barbara – 1990
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…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Rating, Evaluation Criteria, Job Placement
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Guidance. – 1970
To make this manual useful in understanding required counselor functions in occupational education and how to apply them, data were obtained by questionnaire from administrative personnel and guidance staff in New York State Area Occupational Centers and from 45 out-of-state persons in comparable positions. Guidelines for specific service areas of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
Public schools are finding that an educational program which serves as effective preparation for, and as an adequate transition to employment, may involve activities which have often been considered to be beyond the usual scope of school responsibility. Communities are finding that the task of preparing the mentally retarded for community living…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Public Schools
Heenan, Edward W. – 1992
A study examined the current employment status of persons who graduated from the Dutchess County (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) Technical Center in June 1992. Data were obtained from a follow-up survey mailed to program graduates in October 1992. Of the 456 individuals who graduated in 1992, 207 were still available…
Descriptors: County Programs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Services
Esposito, John C.; And Others – 1978
This report focuses on the proprietary vocational school industry in New York State. Part 1 describes the increases in the utilization of student financial aid programs by vocational schools and the effects of this aid on school enrollment. This part also introduces the role of the New York State Education Department in the regulation of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrollment, Federal Aid
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1993
A study reviewed selected aspects of the State University of New York's (SUNY) Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) program from April 1, 1988, through January 31, 1992. Objectives were to evaluate program cost and effectiveness and level of involvement of SUNY Central Administration's Office of Special Programs and sponsoring college officials in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Monroe Community Coll., Rochester, NY. – 1984
As a continuation of a study of economic returns on investment in selected occupational programs in New York State, this report examines the reasons for the differential rates of return to program graduates and offers recommendations for maximizing graduate returns on investment. Section I provides an introduction to the purposes and objectives of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Economic Research
Francis, John Bruce; Jones, Griffith, III – 1976
The effectiveness of vocational education at New York State's public two-year colleges was investigated during spring 1976. Part one of the project was a follow-up study of 1970-71 and 1973-74 graduates to ascertain their success in job or transfer placement within fields for which they were trained, salary and job mobility patterns, and opinions…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Tarrier, Randolph – 1978
A state-of-the-art study was developed to describe the present status of the job placement procedures for educable mentally retarded (EMR) students who have received high school occupational education in New York State. Fifty-four local school superintendents were contacted to participate in the study. Forty-four board of cooperative education…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Delivery Systems, Field Interviews
Career Options Inst., Latham, NY. – 1997
This resource guide provides practical advice, materials, and strategies designed to overcome the barriers that have interfered with successful placement of persons with disabilities in the workplace, especially women and girls. It is designed for use by educators interested in improving career preparation of students with disabilities. Section 1…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Education, Disabilities
SMITH, D.B.; AND OTHERS – 1967
RESULTS OF UNSTRUCTURED SMALL GROUP INTERVIEWS WITH 78 FORMER CORPSMEN AND 10 COWORKERS AND INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH 33 OF THEIR EMPLOYERS IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, HOUSTON, AND SAN FRANCISCO WERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT JOB CORPSMEN WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING. RESPONSES WERE CODED, TABULATED, AND SUBJECTED TO…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1984
A National conference was held to examine State policies and practices for helping disabled youth make the school-to-work transition more successfully. The focus of the first day of the conference was on transitional programs currently in existence in Maryland, Michigan, and New York. The first part of the second day's activities involved the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Career Awareness, Coordination, Delivery Systems