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Sheldon, M. Stephen – 1981
Although the primary purpose of this report is to present prototypical procedures for conducting two-year college vocational follow-up studies, it also describes the implementation and results of using these procedures in the evaluation of the electronics, computer science, and tool and manufacturing programs at Los Angeles Pierce College. After…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Employment
PDF pending restorationFreeman, Nancy S. – 1978
As part of a study appraising the industrial cooperative education program at Macomb County Community College (MCCC), 54 women enrolled from 1970 to 1975 in Design and Mechanical Technology and Graphic and Commercial Arts programs, and their employers were surveyed. A comparison of the 30 women in the cooperative programs and the 24 non co-op…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Commercial Art, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
Stevenson, Mike; Walleri, R. Dan – 1978
The process and findings of the evaluation of seven of the 52 vocational preparatory programs at Mount Hood Community College are described with a focus on demonstrating the feasibility, utility, and problems associated with making program evaluations meet both internal needs and federal requirements. Summaries of data collected are provided in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Federal Regulation, Graduate Surveys
Download full textIllinois State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, Springfield. – 1966
A 3-YEAR COOPERATIVE SUPERVISED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM WAS INITIATED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SUPERVISED JOB TRAINING ON LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS AND PERSONS WHO HAD DEFINITE NEEDS FOR VOCATIONAL PREPAREDNESS IMMEDIATELY UPON LEAVING SCHOOL. FOUR SCHOOLS FROM THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PILOT PROGRAMS -- ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, MAINE…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, High Schools, Low Achievement
Harrison, George F. – 1980
A study compared the academic achievement and job market success of academically and/or economically disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged vocational education students. Data from student records and transcripts and employer follow-ups were collected on 2,191 students enrolled in vocational majors in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Students were classified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Wentling, Tim L.; And Others – 1978
This resource package contains an administrator's manual and nine instructor guides designed to assist local education agency personnel in the development of functional and systematic procedures for identifying and assessing the needs of special students enrolled in vocational education programs. The administrator's manual provides a description…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cooperative Education, Exceptional Persons, Guidelines
Bettis, Glenn E.; Hyder, Carroll R. – 1978
A study was conducted to develop and implement a one- and five-year student and employer-based follow-up study of secondary vocational education programs in Tennessee. Questionnaires were sent to 1,013 students who graduated in 1975-76 and to 92 of their employers. It was found that (1) students in both groups rated the Tennessee vocational…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Failure
Morton, J. B.; And Others – 1977
Two methods used to collect follow-up data on vocational education graduates to determine their postgraduate occupational and educational activities are (1) to ask the graduates themselves and (2) to ask the teachers to report the status of their graduates. The objective of this study was to compare data that was collected using each method and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Graduate Surveys
A Five-Year Follow-Up of Students Enrolled in Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical-Transfer Programs.
Noeth, Richard J.; Hanson, Gary R. – 1975
The nationwide study examines career behavior patterns and work orientations of students five years after they began vocational-technical transfer programs at community colleges, technical schools, and similar kinds of institutions in the fall of 1970. The study sample consisted of 4,350 individuals selected from the national norm group who…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Planning, Educational Programs, Females
Gustilo, Ted O., Jr.; Trufant, John E. – 1974
This study was conducted to facilitate future statewide decision-making by obtaining data on all students, both full-time and part-time, who had enrolled in Virginia Community College System occupational-technical programs at any time from fall 1966 through fall 1969. Graduates and non-graduates, as well as those who changed to or from…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Participant Satisfaction
Project to Develop a Cost Benefit Model for Vocational Programs at College of Alameda. Final Report.
Ittner, Fred E. – 1972
A pilot study is reported in the development of a cost/benefit analysis model for vocational education programs in community colleges and its application to three programs at the College of Alameda. This model can be used to compare and assess the effectiveness of occupational education programs at the same college or different colleges at the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. Draper Correctional Center. – 1971
The primary goal of the Draper Project, begun in 1964, was to demonstrate the feasibility of operating a manpower training program in a correctional setting. As secondary goals, the project sought to individualize instruction, involve communities in the rehabilitation of the offender and disseminate the findings to correctional and educational…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
Ryan, Christopher – 2000
A study of the Australian higher education and vocational education and training (VET) sectors analyzed their education and training outputs (the education and training services and products provided by the sectors to other persons or entities) and outcomes (the effect of completion of a course provided by a sector for its clients). Data were…
Descriptors: College Programs, Developed Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedSpruill, Jo Anna; Kallio, Matthew – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1994
Examines the transition of youth with disabilities from high school to employment in 15 small rural Wisconsin school districts. Focuses on educational practices and employment outcomes. Program strengths included exposing students to a formal career curriculum, developing a student career plan, and incorporating vocational and career education…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Education, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Schroeder, Wayne E. – 1990
Fifty-three supervisors in private sector firms and public sector organizations in central Ohio responded to questions about 16 aspects of productivity in the workplace. The firms and organizations with which these supervisors were associated had a history of hiring vocational-technical education graduates as well as those who had pursued other…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Employer Attitudes, Employment Experience, Employment Potential
