Throughout history, and continuing today, learners of color, low-income learners, female learners and learners with disabilities have been historically tracked into terminal vocational programs leading to jobs with uncertain promise of economic growth and prosperity. As a result, some communities do not view CTE [Career Technical Education] as a…

Rural communities all too often face scarce funding, instructors and facilities, forcing institutions to choose between offering a variety of introductory courses across a breadth of subjects or providing more narrowly focused, sequenced programs within one or two priority Career Clusters. Providing learners access to diverse career pathways in…

The collocation of services in regional Western Australia (WA) is an important strand of WA's regional development policy. The initiative is intended to foster working relationships among stakeholder groups with a view toward ensuring that regional WA communities have access to quality services. Clustering compatible services in smaller…

An experience-based career education project for high school students was developed and evaluated. The career explorations program, which met ten hours per week for one semester, was designed to provide new and different career oriented learning experiences for students, to involve more of the community in providing these experiences, and to…

Designed as a model for determining vocational education needs, the procedures recommended in this publication were tested in 20 Nebraska communities during 1965, 1966, and 1967. Data gathered by a study of local vocational needs can be beneficial to policy making groups in evaluating the entire educational program and in determining demographic…

Enrollment data for technical colleges in Nebraska for the year 1972 are provided. Following a summary that discusses the technical college system, total enrollment, enrollment by academic level, freshmen enrollment, and solutions in reporting, 12 exhibits provide the detailed data. These exhibits are: Nebraska Technical Community Colleges,…

Developed to provide an information base for vocational education decision makers, this needs assessment for North Platte, Nebraska, schools is reported in four major sections: job market analysis, existing programs analysis, population analysis, and resources analysis. The job market analysis contains national market data on both current and…

An overview is provided of the historical development, organizational structure, and programs and services of the Nebraska Technical Community College (TCC) System. First, statutory provisions establishing the TCC system and defining its priorities are cited, explaining that the system was established to create locally governed and supported…

This study was undertaken (1) to determine the number and kinds of skilled, semi-skilled, and technician employees in a multi-county region in Nebraska, (2) to provide a basis for planning vocational curriculum at Iowa Western Community College, and (3) to aid in statewide planning in area vocational schools and community colleges. A mail survey…

Describes the founding of the first two-year colleges in the mid-1920s as well as the combination of junior colleges, vocational and technical colleges into a single system in 1971. Notes that Nebraska colleges have always emphasized applied technology and occupational education rather than transfer education. Delineates the structure, governance,…

This report is in three sections. The first section, "Design Options for an Integrated Curriculum," includes a short discussion of integration of academic and vocational education, references to some curriculum integration models, and nine examples of local Nebraska efforts in incorporating curriculum integration models. The second and…

This is a report by the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education which identifies adult and continuing education responsibilities between the elementary-secondary and postsecondary education levels and presents a proposal for an integrated adult education delivery system. In the first of four sections, the history of Nebraska's…

Career and technical education (CTE) in Nebraska prepares individuals at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult level for entry, advanced, technical, and managerial positions in business and industry. The Department of Education is the designated agency for administration of CTE and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of…

This five-part report outlines characteristics of the Nebraska Community College System (NCCS). The first section describes the evolution of the NCCS, including the system's emphasis on occupational versus transfer education, statutory provisions, the historical development of two-year colleges in Nebraska since 1926, issues of local control with…