A study was made to determine the reasons that students drop Introduction to Business at Cuyahoga Community College-Metropolitan Campus. Of 422 students who were enrolled in the course during the winter quarter of 1974, 103 withdrew. An attempt was made to reach by telephone all students who had withdrawn from the course. Of the 52 who were…

This issue includes research that addresses the needs and the future of business education, its competencies, curriculum, technology, and ethics. "Editorial Comment: Calling All Business Educators What Can We Do?" (Chalupa) provides an overview of the issue. "Business Education in the United States: 1991-2000 National Association…

Vocational schools are an excellent breeding ground for entrepreneurs. In addition to such programs as the Free Enterprise Project at the Auburn Career Center (Lake County, Ohio), some vocational schools, including Auburn, offer optional, short-term entrepreneurial programs. Entrepreneurship training in secondary educational institutions is…

This guide is intended to serve as a program planning model for a workshop or series of workshops to promote awareness and share information on the newly created Ohio Entrepreneurship File, one of five state data files operated on the computerized Ohio Career Information System (OCIS). The guide includes background information on the project for…

Designed for first year students in postsecondary technical schools, this curriculum guide, comprising 22 modularized instructional subunits, is designed to create among the students (1) an awareness of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, (2) motivation for exploring entrepreneurship as a distinct career option, (3) acquaintance with the skills,…

This Accounting Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) is one of a series of competency lists, verified by expert workers, that have evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from throughout Ohio. This OCAP identifies the…

This General Marketing Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) is one of a series of competency lists, verified by expert workers, that have evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from throughout Ohio. This OCAP identifies the…

This Food Management, Production, and Service Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) is one of a series of competency lists, verified by expert workers, that have evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from throughout Ohio. This…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for accounting occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that…

This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for business administration and management is an employer-verified competency list that evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives throughout Ohio. The competency list consists of six…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for administrative and secretarial occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for travel and tourism occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for business information systems occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and…

This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for business information systems is an employer-verified competency list that evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives throughout Ohio. The competency list consists of 10 units: (1) data…

This journal contains a series of articles dealing with business education generally, and courses in Ohio particularly. Included in the volume are the following articles: "Ohio Business and Office Education: FY 82," by Daniel J. Vicarel; "Making a Guest Speaker an Effective Experience," by Wilma Swearingen; "The Impact of…