The nation's community colleges share a common and vital purpose: preparing students--young and working adults--for jobs and continued academic study. Today, over 7 million community college students strive to attain a degree that will expand their opportunity, whether they aim to graduate directly into the workforce or continue on to seek a…

A study examined the circumstances underlying the school-to-work transition problems of disadvantaged youth and strategies that school systems in Detroit, Pensacola (Florida), New Castle (Indiana), and Pittsburgh have adopted to address these problems. Among the problems studied were lack of information about jobs and careers, too few role models…

Describing the 1970-71 ESEA, P.L. 89-10, Title I, summer programs for educationally disadvantaged youth of Escambia County, Florida, on the preschool, elementary, and middle school level, this document was intended to apprise taxpayers of how a portion of the Federal tax dollar was used on the local educational level. Included were 30 programs,…

The report describes a project to design, implement, and evaluate a Florida training program to improve the effectiveness of vocational educators who work with disadvantaged youth and adults. The major objectives were to increase vocational educators': (1) understanding of the needs and nature of various disadvantaged populations; (2) awareness of…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on the criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to vocational educators serving disadvantaged students. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education (CBTE) and…

Discusses how work evaluation helps students discover their aptitudes, abilities, and preferences and then matches these factors with the demands of various jobs. Discusses determining who needs work evaluation, conducting a job survey, helping accident victims through work evaluation, and prescribing help for students' adjustment to future…

A study was conducted to determine the availability of appropriate information about postsecondary vocational education in Florida to special populations identified in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Materials on postsecondary education for special popultions were collected from school districts, community colleges, and…

To address the issues of student recruitment and retention in Florida, a three-year research study was conducted. The three phases of the study sought the following: (1) to describe barriers to recruitment and retention of disadvantaged, unemployed, underemployed, out-of-school youth as perceived by students, teachers, counselors, and…

In preparing this evaluation report, the Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education believed that evaluation should (1) focus on the people and their needs, (2) look into all parts of the human resources development program of the State, and (3) identify the employment opportunities within the State and the vocational…