Focusing on courses in typewriting, this guide is one of a set of four articulation guides designed for articulating between secondary and postsecondary business education courses. (The other three guides focus on courses in accounting, shorthand, and office procedures.) Each guide presents a general course description, outlines of the major units…

This handbook for the distributive education coordinator was designed to provide information on adult distributive education (D.E.) and to outline the necessary steps in establishing and conducting an adult program. It begins with an introduction which lists the intrinsic values of adult D.E. and the advantages that these programs offer to the…

This workbook contains l8 units of instruction for dental assistant students, each designed to give students practical experience in completing forms that simulate realistic situations in a dental office. Units are: (1) The Appointment Record, (2) The Recall System, (3) Clinical Records, (4) Estimates, (5) Daily Record Sheet, (6) Patient's…

Although many colleges and institutions find the new legislation resulting from the consumer movement to be a threat to institutional autonomy, the author views these initiatives as encouragement to establish greater understanding in the public mind about the processes and results of postsecondary education. Ordered public disclosure may be a…

This document defines the requirements and program for the American Welding Society to certify expert welders through an evaluation process entailing performance qualification and practical knowledge tests requiring the use of advanced reading, computational, and manual skills. The following items are included: statement of the standard's scope;…

The Kentucky Tech Prep Evaluation system was developed to establish and maintain a database and data analysis for assessment of the effectiveness of tech prep programs in achieving specific goals and in helping schools improve cognitive and noncognitive performance as reflected in the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS)…

This document, which is intended for secondary and postsecondary administrators, coordinators, and others in Wisconsin who are responsible for seeking funding for tech prep projects, details 1996 project application guidelines for funding under Title III E of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Presented in…

This word processing administrative support secretary position simulation has been developed for use in an office applications laboratory at the postsecondary level. Its purpose is to give the student an opportunity to become familiar with the tasks and duties that may be performed by an administrative support secretary. This employer manual…

This study analyzes the paperwork burden placed on the educational community by the federal government and recommends ways to reduce those burdens while still providing the data needed for effective planning and administration. Information for the study was gathered through public hearings, interviews with federal agency personnel, analyses of…

This tenth in a series of ten modules for a course titled Welding Inspection describes records associated with welding which serve three functions: specification of agreements, initiation of action in fulfillment of agreement, and historical evidence of action taken. The module follows a typical format that includes the following sections: (1)…

This sixth in a series of six modules for a course titled Civil/Structural Inspection describes inspection activities associated with pre-stressed concrete such as reviewing material certifications and test reports, inspecting construction operations, performing materials testing, and preparing records and reports of inspection and testing…

This eighth in a series of eight modules for a course titled Quality Assurance Practices describes the records management program for the collection, storage, and maintenance of records. The module follows a typical format that includes the following sections: (1) introduction, (2) module prerequisites, (3) objectives, (4) notes to…

This paper is one of four related publications that are intended to identify and develop a set of indicators for monitoring educational activities in Florida from the state level. The central focus of this paper is on the specification of cost-finding concepts plus identification of a few cost indicators. Various sections of the paper discuss the…

Described is a regional program in post secondary vocational training for deaf students established at the St. Paul Vocational Technical Institute (TVI) to demonstrate that deaf students can be successfully trained in an environment normally serving the hearing. Included is background information on the problem of providing post secondary…

Procedures and machinery were developed for a statewide, 5-year follow-up of high school and post-secondary vocational students for quality and cost effectiveness analysis purposes. The system calls for specific information about the student to be gathered while he is in school by means of a Student Exit Form. Information is accumulated on…