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Bottoms, Gene; Copa, Patricia – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Assesses the current demand for and range of vocational education programs in the United States, describing participation, program availability, teaching methods, effectiveness, student and employer attitudes toward vocational education, the importance of federal funding, and needs for improvement and changes in program content and support. (PGD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Demand, Employer Attitudes
Bottoms, Gene – 1980
Vocational education serves secondary and postsecondary students, females and minority groups, special populations, and the disadvantaged. To administer vocational education, states use four basic governance structures. Keeping vocational curriculum current with the requirements of work is a continuing process. An effective program is a mix of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration