This booklet provides a glimpse of the progress of vocational equity efforts in Ohio during the 1980s. It focuses on enrollment trends and the wages received by individuals who completed job training programs. It contains charts showing enrollments in 1980 and 1990 in the following major vocational technical areas: agriculture, marketing, health,…

A large body of research, especially from the 1990s, demonstrates the positives of Career and Technical Education (CTE). The research shows that associate degree holders enjoyed average earnings 20-30 percent higher than high school graduates (while baccalaureate degree holders had average earnings 30-40 percent higher than those of high-school…

A study was conducted to determine the effect of participation in vocational education on labor market experience immediately after high school. Data were gathered in March and April of 1980 while the young people were seniors in high school, and again two years later. The first wave of data contained various measures of education and grades in…

An overview is presented of the many developments affecting occupational choices and training needs in the 1980's. The study seeks to develop an understanding of the growth rate through 1985 of 123 selected occupations in nonprofessional fields, examines important characteristics of these occupations such as earnings level, educational attainment,…

Analysis of data from 3,309 National Longitudinal Survey participants showed that high school academic and vocational curriculum, college, and graduate school significantly affected earnings; the magnitude was greater for men. Occupational and industrial sector also influenced earnings; the magnitude was greater for women. (SK)

This publication is a product of the knowledge development effort implemented under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It is the second volume of an assessment of the Job Corps, which found that, overall, the Job Corps experience of training young men and women for employment has been beneficial to society, although there…

To determine the repercussions of scientific and technological progress on the employment of women and their conditions of work, the Women's Bureau used available statistical data from 1958-68 to study: (1) Employment and Unemployment, (2) Vocational Guidance and Training, (3) Training and Retraining of Older Women, (4) Remuneration, (5) Hours of…

A comparative followup technique was used to assess sex nontraditional vocational training efforts in Oklahoma during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years. The dropout behavior, labor force participation, unemployment, training related employment, and wages of sex nontraditional and sex traditional students were compared. Training and labor…

A study examined the educational and labor market experiences of female graduates of agricultural programs. During the study, researchers interviewed 95 female and 84 male graduates of agricultural programs at 3 community colleges and 6 universities in California between the years 1977 and 1979. Survey participants were asked to supply various…

A study compared the records of high school graduates in respect to curriculum type and high school education, postsecondary education, and work experience for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties in Pennsylvania. Data were collected through questionnaires mailed to all graduates from the years 1982, 1985, and 1988 and from high school transcripts. The…

A study analyzed the high school, higher education, and employment experience of high school graduates by curriculum type in order to determine how the Greene County Vocational Technical School (Pennsylvania) might better address the education and career interests of high school students and the skill requirements of employers. Transcript data…

This report provides a brief summary and description of the full-time professional staff employed by the seven Hawaii community colleges. There was a total of 1,045 full and part-time staff in fall 1976, an increase of 9% over the previous fall. The number of staff at each campus ranged from 68 at Windward to 265 at Leeward Community College. Of…

This paper synthesizes findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students concerning differences in the secondary educational and postschool experiences of male and female young people. NLTS provided data on more than 8,000 youths who received special education in secondary schools in the 1985-86 school…

Issues, methods, and results of a faculty salary analysis for Idaho State University's School of Vocational-Technical Education are presented. A variety of descriptive salary statistics for men and women faculty in different fields are tabulated. Recommendations for use and improvement of the research and statistical methodology are offered. (MSE)

A follow-up survey of high school and postsecondary vocational and technical graduates and the employers of those graduates was conducted to identify the jobs, starting salaries, and adequacy of the programs preparing those graduates in Guam. Information was gathered through survey forms mailed to 461 graduates and/or from the programs from which…