Descriptor
Author
| Dye, Lee | 1 |
| Gilman, David A. | 1 |
| Hosler, Mary Margaret | 1 |
| Kauffman, Colleen E. | 1 |
| Lisack, J. P. | 1 |
| Phillips, Julie | 1 |
| Swanson, Dewey A. | 1 |
| Thompson, Frank V. | 1 |
| West, B. R. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Indiana | 6 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Smith Hughes Act | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedDye, Lee; Hosler, Mary Margaret – Business Education Forum, 1989
A study of public secondary schools, vocational technical colleges, and career centers in Indiana and Wisconsin found that shorthand enrollment is low and declining but extensively offered; Gregg is the dominant system; there are no plans to change the system; it is a one-year program; shorthand will continue to be offered; and low enrollments are…
Descriptors: Business Education, Enrollment Trends, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education
Download full textThompson, Frank V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The influence of industrial vocational education is having its effect upon practices and methods of commercial education. The practice of industrial education of analyzing a curriculum of subjects containing values of vocational work, related vocational, and non-vocational subjects is causing the examination of commercial education with a view to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Secondary Education, School Surveys, Industrial Education
Swanson, Dewey A.; Phillips, Julie – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
In this paper we follow up "Developing Growing Need for Soft-Skills in IT Professionals," a paper from the 2003 ASCUE Conference. In that paper we examined the need for "soft-skills" by information technology professionals. In the current economic climate, IT outsourcing is becoming increasingly popular. Our Columbus, Indiana…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Information Technology, Job Skills, Professional Development
PDF pending restorationLisack, J. P. – 1978
To identify and compare the characteristics and career plans of high school seniors in Indiana as a basis for program planning and improvement, data were obtained from 49,663 seniors enrolled in 354 Indiana high schools in the class of 1975. Comparisons of the data were made by race and by type of program enrolled in (i.e., Vocational Education,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Choice, Career Planning, College Preparation
Kauffman, Colleen E.; Gilman, David A. – 2002
The effect of enrollment in prerequisite courses on success in advanced courses was examined in a study of a sample of students who completed a business cooperative experiences program between 1994-1995 and 2001-2002. Of the 163 students in the sample, 80 completed the prerequisite courses (Technology Lab I and II) before the advanced course, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Attendance, Business Education
West, B. R. – 1980
This report describes an Indiana project to develop occupational matrices in six vocational service areas--agribusiness, business and office, health, home economics, marketing and distribution, and trades and industries. (These matrices cluster industry-verified job titles in an occupational field on the basis of task commonality.) These…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supply Occupations
