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Download full textWade, Barbara K. – 1984
A random sample of 111 industry representatives from 4 standard metropolitan areas in Pennsylvania offered opinions on how to improve critical aspects of vocational education in the state. Employers gathered at one of four sites and dealt with questions regarding students' basic skills, technical job skills, and job attitudes. Group discussions…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Gbomita, Victor K. A. – 1997
A study was conducted to use the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) employability skills to identify the criteria used for hiring and employment retention by companies in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Results were intended to help personnel development and training institutions in the region align their training outcomes and…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Employment Practices
Caldwell, William E.; Houser, M. Kenneth – 1978
This study was designed to determine the effect of informal "meet and discuss" procedures on the parties involved in public school district collective bargaining. The authors investigated the relationships between employee organization and employer attitudes, the effectiveness of informal bargaining procedures, and the level of…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Pavan, Barbara Nelson – 1985
In this study, the percentage of certificates issued and jobs held by women in Pennsylvania from 1970 through 1984 for the positions of superintendent, assistant superintendent, secondary principal, and elementary principal were compared. Findings reveal that the percentage of women being certified each year is increasing in much greater…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators
Lewis, James P. – 1976
The major purpose of the survey was to follow up the employed hearing-impaired vocationally trained graduates (high school) in Pennsylvania from 1970-1975 to determine (1) their views toward educational and guidance programs, (2) their views regarding relatedness of jobs held to training, (3) employers' views toward the graduates, and (4) parents'…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Educational Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedHill, Elizabeth T. – Economics of Education Review, 1989
Using a 1983 survey of Pennsylvania employees' hiring in seven occupations, this article reports differences in employers' observations concerning the effect of postsecondary technical education on employee performance, training periods, turnover, and worker development after hiring. Generally, employers gave more training to workers with a higher…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Job Performance
Rephann, Terance J. – 1995
In the summer of 1995, 371 establishments in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, were surveyed regarding their opinions of the quality of the local work force. The purpose of the study was to provide evaluation data for planning and curriculum development at the secondary and post-secondary school levels. Forty-three percent of the employers responded.…
Descriptors: Counties, Educational Demand, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
Favero, Philip – Maryland Government Report, 1992
Despite skepticism about the viability of an educational investment strategy for rural development, coordination between education and rural employers may be a key to rural economic growth. Interviews with 101 employers in 6 rural counties surrounding Hagerstown, Maryland, as well as a mail survey (95 of the 101 employers responded), examined…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
Adult Education Linkage Services, Troy, PA. – 1987
A study examined the attitudes of Pennsylvania employers toward General Educational Development (GED) programs and the employment experiences of persons who have earned a GED certificate. The first of the study's surveys was mailed to 100 employers (including the 50 largest) throughout the state. Based on the surveys returned, the study sample was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Credibility, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Welch, Frederick G. – 1980
Three county-wide coordinated cooporative programs in Pennsylvania were evaluated to determine their impact upon high youth unemployment and dropout rates, to obtain student and employer attitudes toward the program, and to ascertain bow well they meet their objectives. Current students (335), graduates (193), guidance counselors (25), and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Coordination, Counselor Attitudes, County Programs
Gunderson, Orley D.; And Others – 1966
The purposes of this study were to: (1) identify and cluster occupational titles, (2) identify, rate, and cluster groups of competencies, (3) determine whether there are differences in level of competencies needed, (4) determine the experience background preferred, and (5) determine the type of "nservice education being provided employees of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supplies, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Distributive Education
Wichowski, Chester P.; And Others – 1996
The second part of a study of educational outcomes for high school students in Pennsylvania collected data from a statewide randomly selected sample of 3,364 members of the business and industrial community; a mailed survey yielded 749 usable returns (22 percent). Data analysis included an inspection of survey demographics, a review of descriptive…
Descriptors: Competence, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Wichowski, Chester P.; Walker, Thomas J. – 1993
A study explored learning outcomes for secondary students in Pennsylvania. Data were collected in two stages: through a survey of the opinions of 1,089 educators in eastern Pennsylvania (51% response) and through a random sample of 3,364 member of the business and industrial community in the area (22.3% response). The survey resulted in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Local Government Research Corp., State College, PA. – 1976
An extensive opinion survey and feasibility study was undertaken to determine whether student and adult residents of Cameron, Clearfield, and Elk counties, Pennsylvania felt a need for a community college "without walls" to serve the area. The college without walls involves using existing educational facilities in local areas without…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adults, College Bound Students, Community Colleges
Mott, Ruth M. – 1988
The purpose of a study was to analyze employers' secretarial skill requirements and the secretarial curriculum requirements of postsecondary proprietary business schools in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area and to determine if and how the requirements differed. Data were gathered through a survey mailed to the 10 largest nongovernmental employers…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Literacy, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
