This book summarizes the projects funded by the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development of the Employment and Training Administration. It includes projects completed between 1978 and December 31, 1986. Report entries are arranged by National Technical Information Service order number. Each entry includes the following: title, corporate…

This annual placement report provides information on the students who graduated from the New Hampshire Technical Institute and the six New Hampshire Vocational Technical Colleges. The report presents: (1) statewide placement data; (2) annual salary data for graduates employed full-time, including high and low salaries and average salaries for each…

This volume is the second of three reporting research that is intended to help postsecondary occupational education deans and directors become able to plan more strategically for using new instructional technologies to meet emerging needs. The document contains the findings from three background studies in three chapters. "Emerging…

This volume is the third of three reporting research that is intended to help postsecondary occupational education deans and directors become able to plan more strategically for using new instructional technologies to meet emerging needs. "Planning to Use Emerging Instructional Technologies: Some Useful Methods and Guidelines" (O. W.…

A national study (the seventeenth annual study of its kind) examined the supply and demand for teachers of vocational agriculture in 1981. To obtain data pertaining to supply and demand for vocational agriculture teachers, researchers mailed questionnaires and follow-up letters and made telephone calls to all institutions preparing teachers in…

The largest public community college in Michigan, Macomb Community College (MCC), is located in the county that is most closely tied to Michigan's automobile industry. Because of recent high unemployment in the automobile industry, MCC must now expand its occupational offerings to meet the needs of displaced workers who must either gain new skills…

A national study (the thirteenth annual study of its kind) examined the supply and demand for teachers of vocational agriculture in 1977. To obtain data pertaining to supply and demand for vocational agricultural teachers, researchers mailed questionnaires and follow-up letters and made telephone calls to all institutions preparing teachers in…

A national study (the sixteenth annual study of its kind) examined the supply and demand for teachers of vocational agriculture in 1980. To obtain data pertaining to supply and demand for vocational agriculture teachers, researchers mailed questionnaires and follow-up letters and made telephone calls to all institutions preparing teachers in…

In winter 1979, a survey was conducted of the 206 students who graduated from Howard Community College (HCC) in 1978 to determine graduates' occupational and/or educational status and to measure their satisfaction with HCC preparation for transfer and/or employment. Selected findings, based on a 50% response rate, indicate that almost 80% of the…

Part of William Rainey Harper College's (WRHC's) evaluation of its career programs, this report summarizes two career alumni follow-up studies conducted by WRHC in 1976 and 1978 and two statewide studies conducted by the Illinois Community College Board--a longitudinal study of 1974-entering, career, community college students and a follow-up of…

A study examined the impacts of the Youth Apprenticeship Projects (YAPs) upon student apprentices and employers. Post-high school interviews were conducted with 845 student apprentices from 1978-80, 621 students in a control group, and 347 employers. Interview response rate for all students averaged 76%, for employers--92%. Students who…

Based on follow-up studies of the 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978 graduates of Manitoba's community colleges, this handbook outlines the employment experiences of graduates from 88 programs of study offered by the colleges' health and personal services, business and administrative studies, applied arts, industrial and technology, and teacher education…

In January-February 1980, all students who were enrolled in an occupational program at an Illinois community college during 1979 and who completed all of the required skills courses but did not graduate with a degree or certificate were surveyed to determine how well the colleges were meeting the needs of these students. Survey questionnaires…

This volume contains four studies covering various approaches and having different scopes for studying the problem of access to jobs and the role of education and training as criteria for recruitment. The first study, on the metropolitan area of Panama, covers all sectors of activity. It is based on a questionnaire administered to 80 companies to…

A survey of the 423 fiscal year 1978 graduates of Oakton Community College (OCC) was conducted to determine demographic characteristics, grade point average, educational objectives, graduates' evaluation of OCC's programs and services, and graduates' current educational and/or occupational status. Survey findings, based on a 67.1% response rate,…