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Download full textPowers, Gerry; Lewis, Jim – 1976
A followup study of 167 hearing impaired graduates from Pennsylvania educational institutions from 1970-1975 was conducted. Four instruments--a student questionnaire, an educational history form, a parent followup survey, and an employer survey were used to gather data. Among results were that the jobs held by deaf Ss did not require the use of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Employer Attitudes, Employment, Followup Studies
Wade, Barbara K. – 1984
A random sample of 111 industry representatives from 4 standard metropolitan areas in Pennsylvania offered opinions on how to improve critical aspects of vocational education in the state. Employers gathered at one of four sites and dealt with questions regarding students' basic skills, technical job skills, and job attitudes. Group discussions…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Peer reviewedHill, Elizabeth T. – Economics of Education Review, 1989
Using a 1983 survey of Pennsylvania employees' hiring in seven occupations, this article reports differences in employers' observations concerning the effect of postsecondary technical education on employee performance, training periods, turnover, and worker development after hiring. Generally, employers gave more training to workers with a higher…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Job Performance
Rephann, Terance J. – 1995
In the summer of 1995, 371 establishments in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, were surveyed regarding their opinions of the quality of the local work force. The purpose of the study was to provide evaluation data for planning and curriculum development at the secondary and post-secondary school levels. Forty-three percent of the employers responded.…
Descriptors: Counties, Educational Demand, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
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
Iwler, Irvin H.; And Others – 1984
A study assessed the impact of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Education's practical nurse program for funding years 1979-1980 (38 programs), 1980-1981 (40 programs), and 1981-1982 (41 programs). Researchers reviewed literature pertaining to the state of the art of health care both in Pennsylvania and across the Nation. Next, they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis
