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Lynch, Kathleen Bodisch; Getzel, Elizabeth Evans – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
Increasingly across the United States, institutions of higher education (IHE) are offering a wide array of postsecondary educational (PSE) opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities (ID). As more students with ID aspire to college, it is incumbent upon IHEs to engage in rigorous program evaluation to assess student outcomes and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Mental Retardation
Sibert, Bonnie; Rowe, Anne; McSpadden, Paggie – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
Career clusters represent a nationwide effort to help learners obtain the knowledge and skills they need for career success, mobility and advancement by aligning what is taught in the classroom to business and industry expectations. In this article, the authors, education department officials from Nebraska, Virginia, and Alabama, outline the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Education Work Relationship, Career Planning, Career Development
Ruff, Eldon E.; Dudley, Gerald O. – 1977
A three-part evaluation plan is presented for the occupational clusters approach to career orientation project, which attempted to design and field-test a two-semester curriculum package for orienting junior high students to the world of work. Project effectiveness will be estimated at three points in its development. In the laboratory setting…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Danville Public Schools, VA. – 1977
A study was conducted to determine the effect of the locally developed program of career orientation implemented in the Danville, Virginia, middle schools in August 1976, on the career development and academic achievement of students in grades 5, 6, and 7. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used for the evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Turpin, Jerry P. – 1976
Lists of project accomplishments and the complete third-party evaluation report constitute the major contents of this final report of a three-year project to assist Bedford County Public Schools (Virginia) in implementation of a model for K-14 career education. Major conclusions reported are these: (1) A comprehensive plan for career development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Hohenshil, Thomas H., Ed.; Sheppard, N. Alan, Ed. – 1975
The document presents the full texts of conference papers that examine views and programs in career development for disadvantaged youth, including minority and low income groups, and the handicapped. Four papers under the heading of Major Addresses discuss: (1) career development strategies for disadvantaged rural youth, (2) career development for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning