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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1972
The material contained in this curriculum guide is designed to help students, counselors, and teachers cover the career options available in the public services field. It is based on the premise that career choice in public service should be done with an accurate understanding of the field based on careful study and sustained effort over a period…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Ladders, Career Opportunities, Community Services
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the nonreading level (Level A), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the police officer. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the beginning reader level (Level B), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the police officer. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Educational Factors, Inc., San Jose, CA. – 1976
Developed for the Spanish-speaking student at the advanced reader level (Level C), this booklet is one of three modules (Levels A, B, and C) in a curriculum unit on the police officer. (The curriculum unit is one of a series of 12 curriculum units, each on a different occupation, designed to develop career awareness in a migrant and non-migrant…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Gibbs, Robert – Rural America, 2001
Rural job growth remains behind that of metro areas, hindering efforts to move welfare recipients into successful employment. Those most in need of public assistance have less education, lower earnings, and higher unemployment than average. Welfare recipients are concentrated in rural areas marked by chronic economic distress and low-skilled,…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employed Women
Banatao, Maria; Criddle, Vicky L. – 1992
Despite the tremendous growth of the ethnic community in Santa Clara County, California, very few minorities are employed in city and county government. The Minorities In Government Internship Project (MIGIP) was established to place minority vocational students with a minimum of 12 quarter units in their major in administrative, technical and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Government Employees, Government School Relationship, Internship Programs
Kearsley, Greg – 1990
The effects of instructional technology on learning are determined by the extent to which hardware and software amplify the basic capabilities of an instructor. Experience indicates that rational considerations such as cost-effectiveness are not usually the primary factors in making decisions about use of technology in training. Most large…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities. – 1991
This document contains the prepared statements of eight witnesses from the education, research, business, industry and university administration fields who were called to testify to the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities regarding the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Those witnesses and their subjects are: Reginald…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Legislation, Educational Technology, Employment Projections
Waite, Linda J.; Berryman, Sue E. – 1982
The occupational distributions in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs and the wage implications of these for men and women of different racial and ethnic origins were examined. Data came from two projects on CETA, both using Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey data. One assessed the nature and equity of men's and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Hullett, Phyllis – 1982
This summary of gender equity activities at Bakersfield College highlights six areas of vocational education, identifying courses that have more than 80% of one sex enrolled and examining changes in enrollments between 1980 and 1982. Introductory materials outline the purpose of gender equity activities in overcoming sex bias, stereotyping, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Community Colleges
Brock, Howard – 1984
This guide sets forth minimum approval criteria for service occupations cluster programs in Oregon. The information in the guide is intended for use by district-level curriculum planners, teachers, regional coordinators, or state education department staff involved with new program development or revisions of existing programs. The guide outlines…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Course Organization
Bryan, John L. – 1977
In this research study the principal objective was to identify and analyze the recognized needs of the target audience within the fire services, along with the educational programs presently established within colleges and universities for the solution of fire-related problems. A second objective involved analyzing and evaluating the five-year…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Articulation (Education), Curriculum Design, Educational Opportunities
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. Policy Analysis Service. – 1978
Designed to review service learning programs which interrelate the world of education, work, and community service and also to consider what contributions the American Council on Education can make in the areas of education, work, and the problems of American youth, this report discusses various service learning programs, both domestic and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services
Nathan, Richard P.; And Others – 1978
This second volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains the interim report of the Brookings Institution to the Commission based on their onsite monitoring of the program. The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report, and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
Compton, David M.; Vinton, Dennis A.
In response to the need for up-to-date information on employment opportunities for handicapped people in the leisure occupations, a national survey was conducted to determine both existing levels of employment and employer practices. The survey was sent to 500 agencies and businesses representing four leisure occupational subclusters: travel,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
