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ITT Educational Services, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1984
A study examined management perspectives on retraining workers and educational alternatives for such training. During the study, more than 300 senior human resource executives from Fortune 1500 firms across the nation were interviewed by telephone. Of those interviewed, 84 percent felt that their workers are concerned about such issues as: losing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Stubbs, Jean; And Others – 1984
A model program was designed to provide objective ways of measuring the academic and vocational needs of a maintenance and custodial work force and to develop a core curriculum based on the information obtained. To gather data, the researchers administered a needs assessment survey and conducted interviews of staff and management of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Core Curriculum
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Smith, Bruce – 1984
A study analyzed the explicit and implicit behavior of employers in their assessment of young job applicants for entry-level clerical, retail trade, and machine trade jobs. In order to determine the influence of applicants' education and skills on employability assessments made by employers, the researchers analyzed almost 600 mail questionnaires…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Attainment, Educational Background, Educational Benefits
Odessa Coll., TX. – 1981
This report and resource package is the result of a one-year developmental research and utilization project dealing with multimodal career education for nursing students. First, a report is presented that outlines the purposes, methods and procedures, and results of the project. Discussed in a position paper of the problem of retaining nurses in…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Career Development, Career Education, Course Descriptions
Kaufman, Juliet, Ed.; And Others – 1982
Findings of an American College Testing Program 1981 survey on college recruitment of adult students are summarized, and 12 articles on adult recruitment are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Adult Recruitment Practices: A Report of a National Survey" (Patricia Spratt, Juliet Kaufmann, Lee Noel); "Three Programs for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admissions Officers, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. Dept. of Vocational and Career Development. – 1983
A project was undertaken to assess the needs for skills and knowledge among Georgia's high technology teachers and to develop a model for meeting those needs. During the project, 52 teachers involved in teaching electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical courses at six pilot high technology schools were assessed. Included among the processes…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Needs, Electromechanical Technology, Electronics
Crawford, Ronald – 1984
This guide consists of materials for use in developing a vocational agriculture curriculum. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: reviewing program objectives for vocational agriculture; reviewing program coding and taxonomy areas; reviewing community needs with school and advisory committees and recommending…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Budgeting, Classification
Williams, Jean – 1988
Patrick Henry Community College's (PHCC's) program of student development services consists of the career development center, financial aid, nontraditional education, student activities, counseling, testing and placement, admissions, and the office of the registrar. In order to assess the effectiveness of the program, it was first necessary to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Career Counseling, Community Colleges
Cepica, M. J.; And Others – 1984
A study examined current usage of microcomputers, projected software needs, and teacher inservice training needs in Texas vocational agriculture programs. Questionnaires were mailed to each of the 922 vocational agriculture departments in Texas. Data from the 446 usable instruments returned were tabulated by geographical area and school size.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware
Ross, Eva; Smith, Armenia – 1984
This handbook consists of guidelines and sample materials for use by individuals who want to learn how to identify nontraditional role models, implement a linkage conference for vocational educators and nontraditional workers, and help nontraditional workers serve as role models for students in vocational programs. The first part of the guide,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conferences, Data Collection, Females
Friedlander, Jack – 1981
In an effort to promote greater student participation (especially among women and minorities) in science courses and programs, a study of science education in the Los Angeles Community College District was conducted. The primary objectives of the study were, first, to describe students' course-taking patterns, science background, and attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Science, Community Colleges, Courses
Nelson, Orville – 1982
A study identified the vocational needs of Winnebago adults. To identify these needs, researchers interviewed 340 of the approximately 3,174 Winnebago adults living in the Central Wisconsin area, administrators of 15 area secondary and postsecondary schools, and 103 Winnebago students attending area high schools. While job placement and vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, American Indian Education, American Indians
Brod, Richard I. – 1985
Data from a national survey of colleges and universities with foreign language programs revealed an increase of 4.5% in total foreign language registrations between 1980 and 1983, the first general increase noted since 1968. Registrations increased by over 10% in Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Russian. French, Spanish, German, and the aggregate…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Rate
Dentler, Donna J. – 1984
A study examined the relationship between the self-efficacy and career aspirations of 37,942 11th-grade students across the state of Pennsylvania. Using Albert Bandura's theory of self-efficacy, which states that the level and strength of self-efficacy of an individual will determine (1) whether or not the individual will initiate coping behavior,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Dual Career Family
Wentling, Tim L.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1984
A study examined the views of various members of the school and business communities toward what the focus of vocational education programs in Illinois actually is and what it should be. A questionnaire dealing with six factors currently stressed in vocational educational programs and five factors that should possibly be stressed was mailed to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Counselor Attitudes
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