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Alexander, Jackson C.; Rucker, K. Jill; Graham, Donna L.; Miller, Jefferson D.; Apple, Jason K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
This study characterized perceptions of agricultural leadership programs in colleges of agriculture, food, life, human, or environmental sciences at 1,862 land-grant institutions. Objectives included describing the need for programs, studying evolution within the discipline, discussing faculty recommendations for future development, and examining…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education, Leadership Training, Agricultural Colleges
Levine, Daniel U.; Meyer, Jeanie K. – 1973
The Model Cities Educational Priorities and Program Development (EPPD) Project involved two elementary schools located within the Model Cities areas of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1972-3 school year. The stated objectives of the program were as follows: (1) Identify the educational needs of inner city children in America in the 1970s, with…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Needs
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1994
The Common Competency Identification project was conducted to find common occupational competencies across 19 technical and industrial occupational areas that provide a foundation for reevaluation of the delivery of trade and industrial (T&I) education. Instructors from the nine occupational areas accounting for the largest number of programs…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education
Atteberry, Jim W.; Tacker, Allen B. – 1978
This final report of a research project to design and develop a master plan for vocational education in Missouri's correctional institutions is divided into five sections. Section 1 contains a rationale for the project and a summary of the literature regarding the role of vocational education in American penal institutions. A number of problem…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demography, Educational Improvement
Andrews, Earl Raymond – 1968
To assess the status of and need for vocational-industrial education within Jefferson county, and to provide a more objective basis for program and curriculum development, data were gathered on (1) employment opportunities within the labor market area, (2) student interests in vocational-industrial education, and (3) the financial potential of the…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1981
The Work Again Project entailed development and implementation of a center to place adults aged 58 and above into a variety of paid and volunteer positions, investigation of the effect of such placement on the self-image of participants, and education of the community as to the working needs of older adults. A project staff consisting of five…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Attitudes, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
Ruhland, Sheila; And Others – 1994
A study examined the status of tech prep in Missouri as of 1993-1994. Data were gathered from a review of the request for proposals of Missouri's 12 consortia, assessment of Missouri's current status of tech prep, and structured interviews with the 12 tech prep coordinators. It was determined that up to 86 secondary schools were initially involved…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Consortia, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Daugherty, Mabel H. – 1981
A project was undertaken to plan a consumer education program and delivery system for elderly persons in the six-county Bootheel area of Southeast Missouri. Included among the project's activities were the following: (1) assessing the needs and qualifications for consumer education programs for the elderly through a literature search and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Coll. of Education. – 1984
As part of a multiphased study of trends and priorities in vocational education in Missouri, four project consultants were hired to write reports on labor market needs in Missouri, vocational education delivery systems in the state, and fiscal resources available for Missouri vocational education programs. These individual reports were synthesized…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education