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Direct linkBaird, Matthew D.; Hunter, Gerald P.; Edenfield, Nathaniel; Broten, Nicholas; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2020
The authors of this report aim to understand the health of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and labor market in the Appalachia region -- defined as the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia -- with a focus on the mining and extraction industry. This report is the third in a three-part series.…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Broten, Nicholas – RAND Corporation, 2017
This second of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing-related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region, comprising twenty-seven counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Together,…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Siler-Evans, Kyle; Hunter, Gerald Paul; Baird, Matthew D. – RAND Corporation, 2016
This first of five annual reports focuses on employment and wages in energy and advanced manufacturing--related industries and on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education indicators in the Appalachia Partnership Initiative (API) region. Together, these reports will capture trends over the next four years to (1) inform the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Fuels, Industry, Wages
Download full textOffice of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2013
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV)" reinforces a longstanding federal commitment to supporting career and technical education (CTE). Although federal contributions account for only a fraction of total state and local spending on CTE, federal policy has had, and continues to have, a large…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Grants
Miller, Dolores – 1984
A project was conducted to implement the third phase of a model--the Project SERVICE Model--to teach and train young persons from vocational-technical schools, comprehensive vocational high schools, private trade schools, labor unions, and minority organizations to develop the technical and pedagogical skills necessary to teach in existing, new,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Planning, Demand Occupations, Emerging Occupations
Gunderson, Orley D.; And Others – 1966
The purposes of this study were to: (1) identify and cluster occupational titles, (2) identify, rate, and cluster groups of competencies, (3) determine whether there are differences in level of competencies needed, (4) determine the experience background preferred, and (5) determine the type of "nservice education being provided employees of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supplies, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Distributive Education
LOVE, EDWIN LAMAR – 1966
A RANDOM SAMPLE OF EMPLOYERS IN 17 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES WAS INTERVIEWED TO IDENTIFY THE CLUSTERS OF COMPETENCIES AND JOB TITLES ASSOCIATED WITH ENTRY AND ADVANCEMENT IN OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS AND TO DETERMINE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVELS OF SELECTED VOCATIONAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED. A SAMPLE OF 105 JOB INTERVIEWS WAS DRAWN FROM EACH OF…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Analysis, Job Skills
Hamilton, George W. – 1982
A study identified the competencies needed by full-time employees entering the apple production industry. Other objectives of the study included: (1) identification of differences among competency areas needed for employees working for large, medium, and small growers (based on acreage); and (2) identification of differences among competency areas…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Competence
Mott, Ruth M. – 1988
The purpose of a study was to analyze employers' secretarial skill requirements and the secretarial curriculum requirements of postsecondary proprietary business schools in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area and to determine if and how the requirements differed. Data were gathered through a survey mailed to the 10 largest nongovernmental employers…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Literacy, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Mangie, Bernadette A.; Goberish, John S. – PASSAGE, 1994
The 1993-94 PASSAGE newsletter was established to create a customized educational/career-development/work-related informational publication for Pennsylvania's adult learners and educators. The project's main objective was to provide timely workplace and job skills information to Pennsylvania's adult learners, unemployed/underemployed individuals,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Counseling
Meinstereifel, Elizabeth B.; Armstrong, Ruth D. – 1978
To determine the need for shorthand instruction in business education programs, a study and literature review were conducted on the status of shorthand as a job requirement for secretaries and stenographers. The literature review covered studies published prior to 1976 and indicated that shorthand was still considered a necessary skill at that…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Qualifications, High Schools
National Retail Federation, Washington, DC. – 2000
This booklet, which is part of a series demonstrating the scope of employer involvement in school-to-careers, highlights the efforts of three retail employers and two "intermediary" organizations connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning for secondary education students. The introduction presents a series overview and lists…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness
Cannon, Francis R.; And Others – 1978
To give those business and vocational educators involved in curriculum development a better understanding of data processing personnel requirements, a study was initiated to determine the status of data processing equipment and personnel in selected Pennsylvania businesses. Following a literature review, a questionnaire was developed, revised, and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computers, Curriculum Development, Data Processing Occupations
Hole, F. Marvin – 1977
The purpose of a curriculum project was to identify selected areas in which modules needed to be c developed for Pennsylvania's vocational programs for the occupation of home-health assistant, and to develop a minimum of three modules for field testing. By reviewing current literature and information, the area of need for curriculum materials for…
Descriptors: Administration, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Hole, F. Marvin; And Others – 1977
A research project examined adequacy and appropriateness of traditional means of teacher preparation for health occupations programs and made recommendations for change. Its specific task was to survey (via questionnaires) all personnel involved in health occupations programs at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels in various educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
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