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Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Program of Vocational Education. – 1977
Part of a system by which local education agency (LEA) personnel may evaluate secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs, this second of eight components focuses on comparison of the occupational needs of the community with the number of students who leave the programs and find employment. The component provides a vehicle by which…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Community Surveys, County School Districts, Employment Projections
Download full textStevens, David W.; Shi, Jinping – 1996
This guide is designed for local and state authorities who seek a better understanding of the performance of their vocational education programs. Its basic theme is management diagnostics. The first section provides a brief introduction to three decades of research that has been conducted on wage records submitted by employers under unemployment…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employment Patterns, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Clifton L. – 1991
This model evaluation program was developed to help marketing education teachers in Missouri to evaluate their courses and plan improvements. Following an explanation of the rationale and nature of the evaluation, the guide consists of six sections: (1) a marketing education course enrollment summary form and directions for completing the…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Sedey, John M. – 1989
This publication presents a summary of the research obtained from senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1987. Data were collected from 84 high schools, plus a sampling of Minneapolis, with responses received from 10,705 students (76.8% of those surveyed). Of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Dropouts, Employer Employee Relationship
Schneider, Glen; And Others – 1987
A follow-up study of 1983/1984 graduates of Chapter 74 vocational education programs had two primary components. The graduate survey examined employment and education progress of vocational students at a point well after graduation. It measured graduates' labor force and wage status, employment stability and wage growth, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Graduate Surveys
A Five-Year Follow-Up of Students Enrolled in Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical-Transfer Programs.
Noeth, Richard J.; Hanson, Gary R. – 1975
The nationwide study examines career behavior patterns and work orientations of students five years after they began vocational-technical transfer programs at community colleges, technical schools, and similar kinds of institutions in the fall of 1970. The study sample consisted of 4,350 individuals selected from the national norm group who…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Planning, Educational Programs, Females
Hall, Wilbur; And Others – 1975
A followup study of graduates from machine tool technology and building construction programs was conducted to determine the relevancy of programs to employment needs. The survey instrument was a mailed questionnaire designed to determine employment status and history, evaluation of the program, upgrading or retraining needs, and the adequacy of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Employer Attitudes, Followup Studies
McLean, Catherine D.; Lucas, Rex A. – 1970
The Quo Vadis School of Nursing, established in 1964, offers a two year program which prepares candidates to qualify as Registered Nurses; the unique feature of the school is that it accepts only mature students--between 30 and 50 years of age. The research program of the School was intended as a 10-year study with special emphasis on this unique…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Attitudes, Experimental Programs
Project to Develop a Cost Benefit Model for Vocational Programs at College of Alameda. Final Report.
Ittner, Fred E. – 1972
A pilot study is reported in the development of a cost/benefit analysis model for vocational education programs in community colleges and its application to three programs at the College of Alameda. This model can be used to compare and assess the effectiveness of occupational education programs at the same college or different colleges at the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance
Ryan, Christopher – 2000
A study of the Australian higher education and vocational education and training (VET) sectors analyzed their education and training outputs (the education and training services and products provided by the sectors to other persons or entities) and outcomes (the effect of completion of a course provided by a sector for its clients). Data were…
Descriptors: College Programs, Developed Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1999
A national survey obtained information from students who undertook vocational education and training (VET) during 1998 at a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institute in Australia. Data came from graduates (students who completed their course and graduated with a qualification from a course) and module completers (students who successfully…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys
Schroeder, Wayne E. – 1990
Fifty-three supervisors in private sector firms and public sector organizations in central Ohio responded to questions about 16 aspects of productivity in the workplace. The firms and organizations with which these supervisors were associated had a history of hiring vocational-technical education graduates as well as those who had pursued other…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Employer Attitudes, Employment Experience, Employment Potential
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
A follow-up study was conducted of the 1988 graduates of vocational-technical centers, three community colleges, and Northern Montana College. Data were gathered through a survey form mailed to 714 graduates (from a sample of 1,258), yielding 300 responses (43 percent). Approximately 33 percent of the respondents received a degree in technical…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Job Satisfaction, Outcomes of Education
Gittman, Elizabeth – 1987
The final report describes the objectives and accomplishments of Project COMPETE, a 3-year project in New York State whose purpose was to develop secondary and transitional postsecondary programming for training youth with severe disabilities in skills necessary to achieve a successful transition from school to vocational opportunities in their…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement
SALISBURY, C. JACKSON; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO PROVIDE A DESCRIPTIVE BASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST-HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION. BASIC DATA WERE PROCURED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH SELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, EDUCATORS, AND OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF BUSINESSES DEEMED BEST QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED INFORMATION. THE REPORT INCLUDES--(1)…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Distributive Education, Educational Programs, Employers
