Businesses in South Dakota were surveyed to gauge employers' perceptions of vocational education, to determine the extent of private sector interaction with vocational education, and to document employers' experiences with vocationally trained and nonvocationally trained employees. The statistically valid random sample consisted of 347 small…

This report documents findings of a survey of attitudes of business toward vocational education in South Dakota. Chapter I discusses the purpose of the study. Chapter II describes the procedures followed in collecting data from employers. It documents all steps from questionnaire design to data entering and concludes with a presentation of…

A longitudinal study was conducted of over 2,000 young men through high school and for five years beyond. This excerpt from Volume VI of the Youth in Transition series presents a number of the authors' recommendations. (Author/MLF)

Describes a project to develop and implement a system of followup for Alabama's secondary agribusiness education terminees (graduates and dropouts). Describes the objectives of this project, the instrument, and the sample, return, and results of the first Occupational Patterns and Program Assessment Survey (of 1973-74 terminees). (HD)

A study used data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth to analyze the long-term effects of hospitality industry employment on youth. The subsample extracted for the study included all youth who were aged 16-24 in 1980 and employed in the civilian sector for pay at any time in the year. Statistics indicated the hospitality sector was…

This document provides background about the physically handicapped, relevant legislation, and the results of both the business and industry survey and the graduate/completer follow-up conducted during the project reported in CE 026 163. Chapter 1 reviews selected references dealing with legislative mandates and disability statistics of the…

Evidence of the effectiveness of secondary vocational education programs was provided by analysis of short-run follow-up data on the employment and earnings of graduates in Indiana. Comparative information was provided for each major vocational education program area. The relationship between earnings and job relatedness was investigated.…

Reports on the evolution of General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs), enrollment and delivery patterns, and their policy implications. Discusses results that indicate a link for only a minority of students between GNVQ choice of subject and later employment. (AIM)

An essay review of Volume VI of the Youth in Transition series. (MLF)

The Texas Automated Student and Adult Learner Follow-Up System was developed as part of a larger effort to improve and coordinate the delivery of education and training of a skilled work force. The primary task of the Follow-Up System in Program Year 1993-94 was to obtain outcome information on the former students and participants of the work…

In response to expanding American industry in the late 1800s, manual training and industrial education were proposed to prepare properly trained workers. Industrial education was advocated as education for specific trades, and cooperative education was one of its most innovative forms. The first high school cooperative industrial course in the…

The objectives of the study were to determine the correlation between the factors of employment patterns and vocational program types for 1972-73 graduates of secondary vocational programs in Indiana. A random sample of 25 schools and graduates stratified for vocational program types (agriculture, business education, distributive education, health…

The seventh national plan (1976-80) in France provided for development of indicators describing initial labor market entry and the place of young people in recruitments. The National School-to-Work Transition Observatory was created in response to the desire to have a permanent system of information on youth labor market entry.…

A study investigated those transitional patterns that account for substantial numbers of young people moving from secondary education to employment. Data came from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972; and the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience, Youth Cohort, including high school transcripts of a…

A comparative followup technique was used to assess sex nontraditional vocational training efforts in Oklahoma during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 school years. The dropout behavior, labor force participation, unemployment, training related employment, and wages of sex nontraditional and sex traditional students were compared. Training and labor…