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Download full textSouth Carolina Region 5 Educational Services Center, Lancaster. – 1971
Developed as a multi-county effort, this project sought to design model career education programs involving: (1) Elementary Orientation, (2) Work Experience, (3) Intensive Teaching, (4) Curriculum Development for Underachievers, and (5) Placement and Followup. In addition to improving and evaluating vocational education at the 11th and 12th grade…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. Div. of Post-Secondary Education. – 1982
The six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC's) and the New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) offer collegiate education for direct employment in business, industry, health, and service-related fields. The state system graduated 1,074 students from 46 different programs in 1981-82, and as of November 1, 1982, 78% of these…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Nienkamp, Roger L. – 1982
Information is provided from a follow-up study of 1980-81 graduates of St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, which was conducted to determine their educational and employment status and views of the college and its programs. Introductory material outlines the purpose, procedure, and scope of the study, and provides the survey instrument and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Certificates
Gebart, Henriette D.; Lucas, John A. – 1980
A follow-up study of graduates of William Rainey Harper College's (WRHC's) Dietetic Technician program was conducted during Fall 1979 to evaluate and to obtain externally required information about the program. A questionnaire was mailed to all 47 students who graduated from the program between 1975 and 1979 requesting information on employment…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Graduates, Dietetics
Ferrini, Paul – 1977
The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) retraining program is for air traffic controllers who have been removed from their jobs due to either operational or medical disqualifications. The FAA's New England region second career program deals mainly with older adults who have completed their child rearing and related family responsibilities by…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
GEOFFRAY, ALICE R. – 1966
NINETY DISADVANTAGED WHITE AND NEGRO FEMALE TRAINEES, 18 TO 44 YEARS OF AGE, WERE GIVEN 950 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION IN TYPING, SHORTHAND, BUSINESS SPEECH, AND ANCILLARY COURSES DURING A 24-WEEK PERIOD. THE EXPERIMENTAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF DEVELOPING ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE GROUP TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING BUSINESS SPEECH TO ADULTS WHOSE…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, Counseling, Demonstration Programs
Mason, William R. – 1969
Major speeches and reports of workshop sessions at a seminar attended by 90 state and city vocational education directors, U.S. Office of Education personnel, and city school superintendents are presented. The major purposes of the seminar were: (1) to identify and analyze problems confronting vocational education related to effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Conference Reports, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Moore, Richard W.; Smith, Edward J. – 1992
In Phase I of a study, all students (n=4,488) enrolled in schools in the Minnesota Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (MAPPS) completed a quality assessment instrument to evaluate their school. In Phase II, a sample of 2,000 students who completed the initial assessment were followed up to measure completion, placement, and student…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cosmetology, Dropouts, Employment Patterns
New Hampshire State Dept. of Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education, Concord. – 1987
The New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) and the six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC) offer over 50 programs designed to reflect the employment needs of the state. In 1986, the NHTI/NHVTC system graduated 501 men and 474 women, with 814 graduates going directly to work and 82 graduates planning to continue their collegiate…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. Div. of Post-Secondary Education. – 1985
The New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) and the six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC) offer collegiate education preparing individuals for direct employment in business, industry, health, and service related fields. At the completion of the 1984-85 academic year, the college/institute system graduated 1,080 students from 47…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Akron-Summit County Public Schools, OH. Job Placement Dept. – 1977
Procedures, practices, and materials contained in this guide for counselors have been field tested and successfully used in a variety of school settings. The guide has two major sections. The first section deals with the development of the original project and includes discussion of student needs assessment, staff assessment, and establishing…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance, Data Collection
Burks, Bonnie J.; And Others – 1981
This guide is designed to provide the vocational teacher, vocational counselor, and placement coordinator with resource materials for planning a comprehensive placement program. It is divided into six sections which represent a systematic approach to placement services. They are (1) Planning (goals and benefits, resource coordination, rural and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Career Counseling, Career Education, Coordinators
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1979
A four-year longitudinal study was initiated during fall 1974 of a study sample consisting of all first-time freshmen (N=27,663) in occupational/career programs in 47 Illinois community colleges. Survey results indicated that only 56% of all students enrolled with the intent of preparation for employment in the career area of the program. Many…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1978
A project was initiated to disseminate staff development materials which provide a model for systematically planning comprehensive systems of guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-through and to help Illinois educational agencies in efficiently operating comprehensive guidance and counseling programs. In the first of a two-phase project,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Comprehensive Guidance
Meyer, Warren G.; And Others – 1975
Purposes, goals, procedures, and practices of past and present cooperative vocational education programs are discussed. A broad spectrum of areas is covered in the 11 chapters, which are also designed to stand on their own: (1) Purposes of Cooperative Vocational Education; (2) Roles of a Teacher-Coordinator; (3) Tasks of a Teacher-Coordinator; (4)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
