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Download full textNunez, Ann R.; Russell, Jill Frymier – 1981
A survey of manufacturers was conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education to elicit the views of NAM members about vocational education--the effectiveness of vocational education, the collaborative activities between manufacturers and vocational education, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Payne, W. Vincent – 1984
This paper reviews and describes the characteristics of successful vocational education programs at Virginia State University. (The paper is aimed at developing institutions and historically black colleges, as well as at vocational educators and administrators who are especially concerned with program improvement.) Virginia State University is a…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Mobility
Shively, Joe E.; Kessel, Phyllis – 1976
Evaluation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program focused on outcome data pertaining to students, parents, and employers collected at the demonstration site at AEL, and implementation sites located in Bremen, Georgia; Crowley, Louisiana; Ames, Iowa; and Staten Island, Ithaca, and North…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Data Analysis, Educational Objectives
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1980
A study examined the attitudes of employers who provided jobs for 37 of the graduates and a number of the dropouts from the University of Texas Competency-Based High School Diploma (CBHSD) Program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients that was implemented at five sites in Texas. Because of the restraints imposed on employers…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Followup Studies
Ohio State Advisory Council for Vocational Education, Columbus. – 1973
With the constant and accelerating growth of vocational education in the State of Ohio and the increased dollars called for in its operation, some means of accountability to the public has become necessary. The program involves 23 percent of the students in the Ohio high schools. In the 1972-73 academic year 113,041 students were enrolled. This…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Alabama Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Auburn. – 1976
The central purpose of a study was to ascertain the views of business and industry toward vocational education in Alabama. The objectives were (1) to determine the familiarity of business and industry with the State's vocational education programs, (2) to determine the extent business and industry feels that the State's public vocational education…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
2002
This symposium is comprised of four papers on university human resource development (HRD) programs. "Passions for Excellence: HRD Graduate Programs at United States Universities" (K. Peter Kuchinke) presents an analysis of case studies that reveals convergent and divergent themes related to the genesis of programs and subsequent…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Curriculum, Educational Benefits, Employer Attitudes
Peer reviewedPerry, David C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 1988
Two studies, involving 16 high-school students and 45 business leaders, analyzed the effects of programs to modify attitudes toward individuals with disabilities, by comparing the traditional pretest/posttest design to a retrospective pretest/posttest approach. The traditional design indicated no significant attitude changes, while the…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Direct linkTaylor, Alison – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
This paper explores the challenges of partnership through an examination of a high school apprenticeship program in carpentry in Ontario, Canada. Focusing on the relationships between schools, trainers, employers and government, challenges relate to the ability to coordinate the program across institutions, achieve agreement on goals, gain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1997
Examining the role of community colleges in workforce development, this monograph describes results from a national study of community and technical colleges and the employers they serve regarding needs for workforce training and successful program elements. Following introductory sections, reviewing the purpose of the study, the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Gaither, Dick; Baker, John – 1991
An Indianapolis (Indiana) project gave disadvantaged junior high and high school students summer jobs in various departments of a Veterans' Administration hospital. The project combined work with at least 1 hour per day of computerized instruction in basic mathematics and language, work maturity, and specific job competencies. Rules were strict,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Hoberman, Solomon – 1982
The National Child Labor Committee, in its formative evaluation of secondary cooperative education programs, collected data that were used to identify outstanding programs, define key elements of cooperative education programs, and estimate emphases and areas of success of outstanding programs. A list of key elements of cooperative education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes
MacDonald, C.; Black, H. D. – 1987
This book presents the results of a study that looked at the operation of a work experience project in one school in Glasgow, Scotland, and evaluated its effects on the pupils. The first of three sections presents the employers' views. It begins by considering employers' reasons for participating in the project and their opinions as to the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Research
Passmore, David L. – 1987
A study used the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Force Experience Youth Cohort to determine the labor market consequences for young people of acquiring a General Educational Development (GED) degree in 1985. Three major consequences of receiving a GED were examined: labor force participation, employment status, and hourly wages. The…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Entry Workers, High School Equivalency Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
An examination of the employment service's operations in Maryland, Michigan, and Florida showed that its functions fall into two broad categories: labor exchange and non-labor exchange. State and local employment service officials and many employers believed the non-labor exchange functions detract from the labor exchange missions. The extent and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
