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Download full textAdvance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2023
The non-traditional gender occupational divide weakens state economies by decreasing economic productivity and reducing diversity in decision-making. By creating gender parity in which "women participate in the labor force at the same rate as men, work the same number of hours as men, and are employed at the same levels as men across…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Nontraditional Occupations
Bragg, Debra D. – New America, 2020
Through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program, the federal government charged community colleges across the country with two things: training adults who had lost their jobs so they could regain employment and providing the education needed for those still working to be able to move up career…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Education, Federal Programs, Grants
Direct linkHora, Matthew T. – Liberal Education, 2018
Soon after the Great Recession of 2008 hit this manufacturing stalwart of the upper Midwest, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker began proclaiming that the skills gap--the idea that plenty of well-paying jobs existed, but the educational system was failing to provide employers with skilled workers--was the primary cause of high unemployment and a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Skills, Education Work Relationship, Achievement Gap
Romundson, William T. – Agr Educ Mag, 1970
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum, Food Processing Occupations, Grade 12
Gilbert, Patricia J. – 1980
Neither vocational education programs nor the presence of nontraditional students had any significant impact on students' attitudes toward sex roles in the work world, according to a study of 1215 students in vocational programs at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute (WITI) at Rice Lake. Most of the 840 male and 375 female students surveyed…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Nontraditional Occupations, Occupations
Kuhli, Ralph C. – 1974
The history of allied health occupations is one of increasing service to patients, especially by providing specialized services in selected parts of patient care with or under the direction and supervision of physicians. The AMA and 28 collaborating organizations accredit educational programs for 24 allied medical occupations, and are ready to do…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Education, Health Occupations
Maney, Thomas J.; Boyd, Linda – 1974
Personal interviews with each employer of health care workers in the Nicolet Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) District were conducted to determine: (1) the extent of need for trained health occupations personnel in the district; (2) the projected need for such personnel in the future; (3) which specific health occupations currently…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Needs, Health Personnel
Green, Deborah A. – 1979
Though women are entering the paid work force in increasing numbers, their distribution across occupational categories is far from even. Women workers are clustered in traditional women's work jobs and represent only five percent of the nation's craft workers. In an effort to discover the motivations, experiences, and attitudes of women in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Choice, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Thompson, Mary B.; Thompson, David H. – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1981
Discusses the benefits of sex equity programs, sex equity legislation, and what Wisconsin is doing to achieve sex equity. Includes a list of resources. (JOW)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Secondary Education, Sex Fairness
Wacker, Gabrielle Banick, Ed. – 1987
The following are among the 45 papers included in this proceedings: "Labor Force Changes in the United States: Implications for Education and Training" (Kutscher); "Industry, Employment, and Family Income: Wisconsin's Status" (Stoner); "Future Demographic and Social Trends" (Zach); "International Business in…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Allied Health Occupations
Avery, John H. – 1977
A sample of 145 people representing eighty farm operations and a statewide sample of 233 agricultural and agribusiness workers participated in a study to identify competencies, their importance (on a one to five rating scale), and the performance level required of a beginning farm operator in each of the following five cluster areas considered…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production
Liebelt, Don; Matteson, Gerald R. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Reports a survey of 86 off farm agricultural businesses, industries, and services which was conducted to identify employment opportunities and training needs. (SB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Bosworth, Brian – Complete College America, 2010
Since President Obama took office, he has repeatedly called for the United States to significantly improve its postsecondary education performance. One goal in particular has gained wide attention: the President's declaration that in an ever more competitive global marketplace, the United States must once again lead the world in college…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Educational Certificates
Hartman, Gerhard; Toerber, Garry A. – 1969
The purpose of this research study was to determine the need/demand totals and characteristics concerning health personnel for Green Bay and eastern Wisconsin; and to stimulate an effective, efficient approach to the problem of supplying and organizing such health personnel. A delineation of the population served by health personnel in the Green…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Services
Hensel, James W.; Becker, William J. – 1964
The purpose of the pilot program was to develop and test a new structure for vocational agriculture and thus meet the needs of a wider range of students. The curriculum was developed around 16 different agricultural subjects offered in alternate years on a semester basis. Agricultural engineering and agricultural survey were offered each semester…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Off Farm Agricultural Occupations
