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National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1971
This interim report, as the sixth in a series was prepared to provide a better basis for Congressional evaluation of the feasibility of a United States changeover to a metric system. This study concerning the effects of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on education in the United States was carried out by the Education Development…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Responsibility
Mertens, Donna M.; Seitz, Patricia – 1982
A study explored the feasibility of using the New Youth Cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Behavior (NLS Youth) database to examine the effects of vocational education on handicapped individuals. During the study, researchers examined the labor market experiences of 73 handicapped youths who manifested a self-reported…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Databases, Disabilities, Educational Benefits
Organization for Rehabilitation through Training, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1970
This final report is the result of a survey requested by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and undertaken by the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training (ORT) of four countries (Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, and Gabon) and a conference on vocational training sponsored by the Economic and Customs…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Facilities, Educational Needs
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. Div. of Industrial Design and Technology. – 1967
To determine the feasibility of establishing a training program for skilled flight and nonflight personnel which are critical to the aviation industry, data were collected from carriers, manufacturers, associations, and agencies. Employment needs were ascertained and a 1980 projection of supply and demand for professional pilots was formulated. A…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Aviation Mechanics, Aviation Technology, Curriculum
Eberts, Randall W. – 1997
A pilot project was designed to test the efficacy of profiling welfare recipients and referring them to welfare-to-work services targeted toward their specific work histories and skills. The general framework of Michigan's Work First program was used to illustrate how profiling can be designed and administered. A profiling model was proposed that…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Employment Level
Strugnell, Ray – 1985
In 1982, a model was proposed for linking the services provided to 16-to 19-year-olds in Great Britain by local education authorities (LEAs), schools, and colleges. A study examined the operation of this model in the Oxfordshire LEA. The full-time educational opportunities available in the LEA were described and mapped. Next, of 1,419 persons in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
HR & H Marketing Research International, Ltd., London (England). – 1985
A study evaluated procedures currently used to market adult education at five colleges in Great Britain. Data were collected from roundtable discussions with the principals and vice-principals of the five participating colleges and from interviews and questionnaires administered to staff members from each college and to representatives of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies