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Download full textBoesel, David; And Others – 1994
This document, the second of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education examines some major features of contemporary vocational education: students, teachers, classes, and educational and employment outcomes. The first two chapters address student participation and program quality, as measured by…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Legislation
McClellan, Judi L.; Holden, Richard – 2001
As the United States population ages, employers face the possibility of a sustained retirement of the baby boom generation and a loss of their most experienced and knowledgeable employees. The public sector appears to be even more vulnerable, with an older-than-average workforce as well as a more traditional retirement system that encourages early…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Demand Occupations, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
Conway, Maureen; Zandniapour, Lily – 2002
The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project (SEDLP) examined industry-based ("sectoral") approaches to employment training to determine whether they can help low-income individuals advance in the labor market. The SEDLP sample included 732 individuals at baseline, including 185 recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
Misko, Josie – 1999
Australian young people take five major transition pathways when they reach the end of compulsory schooling: compulsory to postcompulsory school, school-to-university/higher-education, school-to-vocational education and training, apprenticeship/traineeship, and school-to-work. In 1997, 97.2 percent were retained to Year 10; in Year 11, 84.4…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Peer reviewedSeppanen, Loretta J. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
College and university institutional researchers can use unemployment insurance wage and related files to describe and compare students' workplace status before, during, and after enrollment. However, some issues must be addressed, including data delays, uncovered employment and other work status, confidentiality of records, information…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Confidential Records
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency Services Program of the New York City Board of Education's Office of Adult and Continuing Education provides services for out-of-school youth and adults at over 300 sites throughout the city. Instruction is provided in the areas of basic literacy, basic education, high school equivalency, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Welsh, William A.; Walter, Gerard G. – 1987
This study examined the work force attainments of three groups of deaf adults: persons with no college degrees, persons with sub-Baccalaureate degrees, and persons with Bachelor degrees. Data were derived from the "Alumni Feedback Questionnaire" of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and from the "Secondary School Graduate Follow-up…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Career Ladders, College Graduates
Kerfoot, Caroline – 2001
The impacts of the adult basic education and training (ABET) courses offered by the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) in South Africa's Northern Cape Province were examined. Data were collected through questionnaires, open-ended and semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis. Of the 221 students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
The question of whether graduates of programs in Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) sector get what they want from training was examined by analyzing data from the 2001 Student Outcomes Survey. The survey collected data on students who completed a full course of study and graduated from a TAFE institute in Australia in 2000. The…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Change, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Berlin, Gordon L. – 2000
The Minnesota Family Investment Program, the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project, and Milwaukee's New Hope Project are three antipoverty programs that were undertaken in the 1990s to end dependency on welfare by "making work pay." The impacts of all three programs were reviewed and compared to those of the Seattle/Denver Income Maintenance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
James J. Kemple; Susan M. Poglinco; Jason C. Snipes – 1999
The impact of career academies on student education and employment outcomes is being examined through a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of the career academy approach in 10 high schools throughout the United States that were selected because they reflect the school districts where career academies are typically located. Most of the school…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1995
A study of the impact of the State University of New York (SUNY) on the state's economy is reported. In 1992-93, about $9.2 billion of the state's economy was a direct result of spending by SUNY, its employees, students, and visitors; about five times the state's investment in SUNY in fiscal 1993. Annually, graduates add $16.8 billion to the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Snyder, Thomas D., Comp. – 1994
This edition is the 30th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The "Digest" includes a selection of data from many sources, and draws especially on the results of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
Morris, Pamela; Michalopoulos, Charles – 2000
This report examines effects of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) for three age groups of children (younger cohort aged 3-5, middle cohort aged 6-11, and older cohort aged 12-18) at the 36-month interview. A companion report on effects of the SSP on adults is available separately. Chapter 1 describes the SSP incentive, project design, and SSP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, After School Programs, Behavior
Bozick, Robert; MacAllum, Keith – 2002
The effects of participation in school-to-career (STC) on subsequent educational and career opportunities were examined in a longitudinal study of 1999 and 2000 graduates of the Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP), which is an STC program sponsored by the United Auto Workers, General Motors Corporation, and Michigan's Ingham County…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Career Development, Colleges
