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Stake, Robert E., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Ten brief case studies illustrate the types of arrangements which have been made between commissions and evaluators, and describe some of the subsequent problems. Each of the cases is a major evaluative study of a large-scale educational development or school operation. For the collection as a whole, the purpose was to illustrate how the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Benson, Charles S.; And Others – 1980
An analysis of the procedures states have adopted to distribute federal funds for vocational education under the 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act shows that there is widespread confusion and variation among the states. While the Act specifies that a formula must be used for distribution of funds, the exact criteria for determining…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Goodman, Robert – 1980
Tailored-for-industry programs like South Carolina's Special Schools and Minnesota's New Jobs raise questions concerning the effectiveness of such programs in creating jobs and their influence on future local and national education policy. Almost every state has a subsidized for-industry program which trains workers for new or expanding industries…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
These Congressional hearings, held in Washington, D.C., in March 1981, contain 24 pieces of testimony on the implications of the proposed budget cuts for vocational education. Government agencies and private organizations represented at the hearings included the West Virginia Department of Education; the Kaiser Aluminum Company of Charleston, West…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
Patterson, Douglas; And Others – 1977
A project was developed to design and implement a management information system (MIS) to provide decision makers with accurate, usable, and timely data and information concerning input, output, and impact of vocational education. The objectives were to (1) design an MIS embracing student accounting, fiscal accounting, manpower analysis, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgeting, Comprehensive Programs, Data Collection
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1979
Covering 1978, the first year that vocational programs and related activities were supported under P.L. 94-482, this report describes the impact for each section of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976 on the growth and development of vocational and technical education. Materials, divided into two sections on state vocational and national…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Arthur, Patricia, Comp.; Budke, Wesley E., Comp. – 1980
This annual report contains resumes of research projects, exemplary and innovative projects, and curriculum development projects. Projects were administered by state departments of education through research coordinating units (RCUs) in fiscal year 1978 and funded under sections 131, 132, and 133 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 as revised…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
Samson, Harland E.; And Others – 1980
These four papers evolved from discussions at the National Conference on Marketing and Distributive Education in Vail, Colorado, May 19-22, 1980. Harland E. Samson's paper, Identity and Image: Strategies and Implementation, highlights the thinking and recommendations of the conference discussion groups on strategies and means of implementation…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Distributive Education, Educational Objectives, Federal Government
Knold, John, Comp. – 1980
This report contains summary descriptions of twenty-nine projects which have been implemented during 1978-80 in the state of Washington. By their design, they address the need for vocational equity. The projects received funding from one of several sources including the Washington State Commission for Vocational Education's Research Coordinating…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This publication is a compilation of the presentations given at a symposium held to explore where California is in respect to credit for prior and experiential learning, and whether the State should be moving toward a more comprehensive mechanism for assessing, awarding, and recording such credit. The keynote address provides an overview focusing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Colleges, Community Colleges
Trombley, William, Ed. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher education issues. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Keeping Them in College: East Carolina University's Efforts to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates (Don Campbell); (2) The "Seamless System": Florida's Flurry…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This document contains an introduction to the Ohio Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC) and Specialization ITAC; an overview of the nurse assistant occupation; a list acknowledging professionals who helped develop the competency list; and the comprehensive list of the professional or occupational competencies deemed essential for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Communication Skills, Competence
California State Dept. of Employment Development, Sacramento. – 2001
The California Youth Authority (CYA) planned to offer a training program covering all aspects of the automotive trades to wards during their incarceration. Through analysis, it showed future job opportunities exist, due to increased job numbers and high turnover rate, for persons trained in the automotive trades in California over a 10-year period…
Descriptors: Auto Body Repairers, Auto Mechanics, Correctional Education, Counties
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