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Boss, Richard D.; Bodine, Merle W. – Technical Education News, 1975
A study, based on participant interviews and questionnaires examining the Wisconsin institutional job training programs funded under the Manpower Development and Training Act from 1962 to 1973, showed that all the individuals who participated in the programs received some benefit; those who completed the training benefited most. (AG)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Longitudinal Studies, Program Effectiveness
Download full textHowe, Nancy M. – 1969
This study was designed and conducted to obtain data regarding business education teachers' knowledge, needs, and interest in vocational education, specifically federally reimbursed vocational business and office occupations programs. The sample consisted of 142 secondary business education teachers in 82 Wyoming schools, which varied in…
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Federal Programs, Knowledge Level, Questionnaires
Goldhammer, Keith; And Others – 1969
State Research Coordinating Units (RCU) for vocational education are evaluated in this study. Three separate questionnaires were used for RCU directors, State directors of vocational education, and a sample of local and university personnel involved in vocational education. Questionnaire respondents totaled 306, divided in five categories, with…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs, Models, Program Evaluation
Bobrow, William – 1974
The work-study program at Monterey Peninsula College was evaluated through questionnaires distributed to students in the program and to their supervisors. In particular, the issues involved in work-study education as related to disadvantaged students were examined. Analysis of the questionnaire data revealed that the work-study students felt that…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes, Federal Programs, Masters Theses
Duffett, Walter E. – 1968
Data from monthly and quarterly reports to the Director of Education are summarized to present an overview of vocational education in Canada as offered by public and private institutions excluding universities. Content includes federal participation in vocational education and a summary of programs in: (1) institutes of technology, (2) technical,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1972
This federal project to improve vocational education in the inner cities in the West, involving 10 inservice institutes with 720 vocational educators from 24 metropolitan areas, aims to formulate career education models which meet the training needs of disadvantaged youth and adults, to evaluate the applicability of vocational education…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Inner City
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1989, a national survey sponsored by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education was conducted of a random sample of 246 public community, technical, and junior colleges to ascertain the extent of the colleges' economic development activities outside of the regular curriculum, such as customized training, short-term vocational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
NETWORK: America's Two-Year Coll. Employment, Training, and Literacy Consortium, Cleveland, OH. – 1990
In 1989-90, a survey was conducted of two-year colleges nationwide to determine their level of involvement in the delivery of employment, training, and literacy services to public sector agencies and business and industry. The study focused particularly on those services funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Job Opportunities…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Contract Training, Delivery Systems
Lambert, Roger H.; Nelson, Eugene S. – 1975
The evaluation scheme proposed here is intended to serve as a format and guide for a third party evaluation of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title I programs. The guide begins with a brief section presenting an introduction to evaluation, the evaluation format for Title I, and a flow chart of evaluative activities. The remainder…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
FRIEDMAN, CLARA H.; AND OTHERS – 1967
ONE OF THE FIRST CONCERNS OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL AFTER IT WAS APPOINTED UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, WAS TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ALL FEDERALLY SUPPORTED EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, ADULT BASIC…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Denver Public Schools, CO. – 1968
This report describes, evaluates and makes recommendations for the following programs: reading improvement, team teaching, counseling and tutoring, Head Start follow-through, mental health, after school study, pre-entry orientation for diagnostic and adjustment purposes, teacher-aide activity, school-community aides work study, remedial education…
Descriptors: After School Education, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Middle Cities Education Association, MI. – 1979
This report presents findings of surveys to determine the effects of the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments on the required coordination between the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and postsecondary vocational education at the federal, state, and local levels. An introduction is followed by a discussion (chapter 2) of results of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
By the Federal Land Grant Act of July 2, 1862, each State received a grant of land for the purpose of endowing at least one college of agriculture and mechanic arts. The second Morrill Act of 1890 provided for an annual appropriation to each State which was increased by the Nelson amendment of 1907. Since 1911 each State has received $50,000…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Land Grant Universities, Grants, Vocational Education
Greenleaf, Walter J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
In accordance with the provisions of the land-grant act of 1862, the Morrill Act of 1890, and the Nelson amendment of 1907, the land-grant colleges and universities of the United States make annual reports to the Secretary of the Interior on the condition and progress of the institutions. Each year the Bureau of Education analyzes these reports.…
Descriptors: Graduates, Comparative Education, National Organizations, College Presidents
