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Download full textBishop, John – 1988
Part I of this paper reviews research on effects of vocational course work on dropout rates, probabilities of employment, earnings, productivity, and basic skills. The review is organized around 10 questions. Answers to these questions include: (1) vocational education lowers dropout rates; (2) economic benefits are substantial; (3) economic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Fobbs, Joan. – 1988
Barriers to administrative advancement for women in academe are discussed. A study of perceived managerial style and leadership skill of women two-year college presidents was designed to fill a gap in research during an era of significant advancement opportunities for women. Leadership in higher education in the United States is gradually…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrators, Career Ladders, Civil Rights
Cheng, Maisy L. – 1988
This examination of the salary structures of the Toronto Board of Education (ON) employees by race finds no compelling evidence that non-whites are "ghettoized" in low salary categories. Data were analyzed from race identification forms completed by supervisory staff in 1987, and from Board payroll and salary history files. Racial…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
International Labour Office, Islamabad (Pakistan). Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme. – 1987
This country profile of Australia is one of a series of country profiles intended to give the user a graphic view of the structure, outputs, and legal basis of the vocational training system of individual countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The data, gathered by the Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme in Pakistan, generally cover the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Employment
International Labour Office, Islamabad (Pakistan). Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme. – 1987
This country profile of Bangladesh is one of a series of country profiles intended to give the user a graphic view of the structure, outputs, and legal basis of the vocational training system of individual countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The data, gathered by the Asian and Pacific Skill Development Programme in Pakistan, generally cover the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Employment, Employment Level
Hargroves, Jeannette S. – 1983
In an effort to improve conditions for young Boston residents, a compact has been made between the Boston Public Schools and the city's businesses, universities, and cultural organizations. The cooperative project aims to upgrade the city's high schools and to increase annually the number of graduates placed in jobs and enrolled in postsecondary…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Employment Level
Pittman, M. M. – 1984
A study examined the views of graduates of the baccalaureate degree program in health occupations education (HOE) at the Indiana University School of Education in Indianapolis concerning both the quality of the existing curriculum and university services and the extent to which the HOE program is meeting its objective of preparing credentialed and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees, Curriculum, Employment Level
Springsteen, Rosalind, Comp.; Epstein, Rosalie, Comp. – 1983
This publication makes available in one volume the major series produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Technical notes preceding each major section contain information on data changes and explain the services. Forty-four tables derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS) provide statistics on labor force and employment status,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Indexes, Educational Attainment
Beck, Robert E. – 1981
The potential and progress of liberal arts majors in management positions with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company were investigated in two studies. In the Management Progress Study, a total of 422 managers from six different operating companies were studied since their hiring in the mid-1950s. Of these, 274 were college graduates when…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Business, College Graduates, Communication Skills
DeVany, Arthur S.; And Others
This research was designed to develop and test a model of the Air Force manpower market. The study indicates that previous manpower supply studies failed to account for simultaneous determination of enlistments and retentions and misinterpreted regressions as supply equations. They are, instead, reduced form equations resulting from joint…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
BRAZZIEL, WILLIAM F. – 1966
A STUDY WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY, IN THE POSTTRAINING PERFORMANCE OF TWO GROUPS OF GRADUATES OF A TRAINING PROGRAM, DIFFERENCES THAT MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO BASIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. NINETY MEN--45 IN EACH GROUP (COMBINED GENERAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GROUP A, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALONE, GROUP B)--COMPLETED MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Course Content, Employment Level
Cook, Daniel; And Others – 1980
This document reports a comprehensive followup study to describe postservice life status of former vocational rehabilitation clients and to develop an empirical index of postservice adjustment to spinal cord injury. Significant findings, conclusions, and implications are found at the beginning. The introduction section summarizes followup studies…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Vocational Education, Adventitious Impairments, Behavior Rating Scales
Texas Univ., Austin. Center for International Education. – 1973
The final report describes a Texas study to determine if differences in occupational achievement existed between those high school graduates who had been enrolled in vocational education programs and those who had not. A questionnaire was sent to 3,045 individuals who graduated from high school in 1970 in Austin, San Antonio, and Houston, to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Blair, Larry M.; Barker, Larry – 1975
The study presents the results of a survey of current (1975) and projected near-future (1975 through 1977) labor market trends for nuclear-related technicians in the 12-State Western Interstate Nuclear Region Board (WINB) area. The survey covered employers and educators/trainers of nuclear related manpower in private industry, research…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Haney, Wava G. – 1975
This research report focuses on the educational, migrational, and occupational characteristics of the rural-born people from various class origins in a highland minifundia community near Bogota, Colombia. Three main objectives are to describe the nature of growth and adjustment in the labor force under conditions of rapid population growth and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities
