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Topics: Evaluation, Education / Teaching, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational...
This document summarizes and describes the projected activities for the fifth funding period of the Center for Occupational Education. Specific projects and activities are directed toward achieving the following goals: (1) the development and implementation of comprehensive programs of occupational education in postsecondary institutions of the nation, (2) the development and implementation of programs of occupational education for persons in the formative years, (3) the improvement of programs...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Educational Objectives, Models, Postsecondary Education, Program...
An annotated bibliography indicating basic references and illustrating the kinds of literature which is available in some fields of external study is presented. This bibliography is intended to assist institutions as they study and develop plans for non-traditional education. Approximately 150 entries are included. Eight categories of information are presented: Bibliographies, Reviews, Directories, Inventories, Innovation, Adult, Continuing Education; Correspondence, Home Study; Credit by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Degrees (Academic), Educational...
A study was conducted to learn more about the operation of the financial aid program and the students who participate in it at Modesto Junior College. Three sample groups were used: (1) all students who received financial aid in fall 1971; (2) all first-semester freshmen who received direct aid in fall 1971; and (3) third semester continuing students who were originally a part of the fall 1971 first semester sample. Results showed that: (1) 26.5% are responsible for themselves and cannot expect...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Expenditure per Student, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Minority Groups,...
Five articulation studies to be performed by the Florida Community Junior College Inter-Institutional Research Council are discussed. The studies are: General Description of Student Characteristics--A Transfer Student Profile; Upper Dividion Performance of Community College Students Grouped by Level of Florida Transfers by Majors and in Core Courses in Majors; Retention of Students in Lower Divisions in Florida Public Universities and Community Colleges and in Upper Division of Universities;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Data Collection, Educational Research,...
This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers the analysis of community resources, an activity that has as its primary objective the evaluation of the LEA's use of those resources available in the community, such as businesses, labor unions, and local artisans. The central focus of the activity is on the improvement of the qualitative and quantitative use of those community resources that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Resources, Educational...
This document presents five winning entries in the second annual competition for papers reporting research and policy studies on the topic of youth employability. In their paper entitled "The Impact of Employment and Training Programs on the Work Attitudes of Disadvantaged Youth," Michael Forcier and Andrew Hahn review and synthesize the theoretical literature regarding the impact of such programs on disadvantaged youth. Margaret Gaddy and Janet Ockerman-Garza, in a study entitled...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Potential,...
This training package provides materials to build collaborative relationships and commitment between vocational educators and employers in order to enhance placement of women and men in occupations nontraditional to their sex. The three units of the training package are intended for use beyond the initial stage of raising awareness of the need for sex equity. Unit 1 is designed to update the participants' awareness of the current status and motivation of nontraditional students and workers....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Affirmative Action, Cooperative Planning, Educational Resources, Employer Attitudes,...
The fact sheet, intended for adults and young adults with disabilities, discusses issues to consider in planning for postsecondary education. Readers are urged to assert themselves in the process of planning for and obtaining services. Guidelines for examining career options and personal needs are given as well as practical suggestions for dealing with campus accessibility and transportation features. Students are urged to avail themselves of existing support services, and if they are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services, Career Awareness, Community...
This report describes the development process of a distance education program in Sri Lanka run by the Institute of Distance Education for nongraduate teachers inservice, and presents results of the program's evaluation. Two teacher education courses--an elementary education course and a combined science/mathematics course--were offered. The courses ran for 3 years. The overall aims of the evaluation were to assess the performance of program participants, to evaluate the internal efficiency of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Education Courses, Elementary Secondary...
The collaborative curriculum development process in a postsecondary language education program in Japan is described, looking specifically at the work of five curriculum development teams, or focus groups: needs assessment; curriculum aims, goals, and objectives; cognitive development and learner strategies; materials development; and learner assessment. The needs assessment team conducted a number of surveys of students and teachers, including two assessments of student objectives and learning...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Course Content, Curriculum Development,...
This report describes the physical and educational transformation of South East Essex College of Arts and Technology in England. It focuses on how the institution's two seedy, dilapidated council buildings from the 1940s have been renovated and remodeled in pursuit of a modern aesthetic work environment for students, faculty, and staff. The report discusses the factors affecting change and modernization among further education colleges in general and South East Essex in particular. A report...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Campus Planning, College Buildings, Educational Change, Educational Environment,...
A process for selecting peer institutions for budget and program review of public postsecondary institutions is discussed. Data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a national database, were used to select peer institutions. The first task was to identify the kinds of institution representatives to include as participants in selecting the institutional peer groups, such as the president or chancellor, institutional planners and researchers, executive and budget...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Planning, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Higher...
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program is designed to help the more than 1 million workers per year who lose their jobs because of permanent layoffs or plant closures, due in part because of imports. Studies show, however, that the TAA program fails to meet the seven goals of a successful reemployment assistance program: (1) TAA benefits are not equally accessible to all affected workers as a result of the flawed certification process and varied unemployment insurance qualification...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation,...
This document analyzes the inspection reports of the five further education (FE) colleges in Britain that have achieved a grade of 1 for quality assurance (QA), identifies key lessons for the improvement of programs in other FE colleges, and refers to helpful FE publications. The five colleges consisted of two general FE colleges, one sixth-form college, one tertiary college, and one agricultural and horticultural college. The colleges represented a mix of rural, urban, and suburban schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary...
ONE OF A SERIES DESIGNED TO HELP TEACHERS PREPARE POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SERVICE OCCUPATIONS AS PARTS MEN, MECHANICS, MECHANIC'S HELPERS, AND SERVICE SUPERVISORS, THIS GUIDE AIMS TO DEVELOP STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF A SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE AND ABILITY TO PERFORM TUNEUPS AND MAINTENANCE TASKS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE BASIS OF RESEARCH FROM STATE STUDIES. SUGGESTIONS FOR INTRODUCING THE MODULE ARE GIVEN. SUBJECT-AREA UNITS INCLUDE--(1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Bibliographies, Engines,...
The primary emphasis of this document is the accurate estimation of the financial need of undergraduates in Kentucky postsecondary institutions during the 1971-72 academic year. The need for an aggregate analysis of the type found in this document is twofold: (1) it presents an estimate of the total financial need that exists in an educational system; and (2) it allows the Commonwealth of Kentucky to determine areas of greatest need. To calculate the financial aid needs for a currently enrolled...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Needs, Higher...
An investigation of learning styles was jointly conducted by the Fox Valley Technical Institute and the Center for Vocational Technical and Adult Education at the University of Wisconsin at Stout. After a study of learning styles, a computerized model to manage an instructional system was developed. Analysis of information necessary to manage a learning-styles-based instructional system was used to develop a model consisting of learner-instructor-computer interactions. A series of computer...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Individualized...
The report covers the second year of a three-year project to develop a career education continuum for grades K-14 in participating Pennsylvania school districts. Emphasis was on dissemination procedures to schools for the major project components: curriculum infusion for grades 1-8, Singer Carrels exploratory component for grades 6-8, career experience component for grade 9, and other project activities (postsecondary, community, and army reserve militia program). Described in the report are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration,...
Intended for the vocational instructor, the booklet presents a task list and competency record for the occupational program of lubrication specialist. The list was developed by a working committee of auto mechanics instructors and industry representatives throughout the state of Minnesota for use in program articulation between secondary and postsecondary institutions. From the task list for the occupational program of automotive mechanic, groups of tasks are organized into 12 areas of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives,...
The progress of the California community colleges, the California State University (CSU), and the University of California in providing remedial courses and services to underprepared students is reported. Attention is directed to progress in implementing 17 recommendations made by the California Postsecondary Education Commission in the 1983 report, "Promises to Keep, Remedial Education in California's Public Colleges and Universities." Three of the recommendations relate to the issue...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Community...
The Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) of Singapore commissioned a review of its curriculum development process in order to identify ways that the process can be made more effective and efficient for trainees. The methodology included briefings, site visits, interviews, and review of curriculum documents. The following strengths of the process were found: high quality curriculum products; dedicated, skilled staff; use of new curriculum processes; state-of-the-art training...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Apprenticeships, Certification, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development,...
This document contains eight papers in which the principals of eight U.S. and British postsecondary institutions describe the franchising negotiations and arrangements into which their schools have entered. Franchising arrangements at a wide variety of postsecondary institutions are discussed, including community colleges, polytechnics, further education (FE) colleges, and schools in a local education authority (LEA) that offer courses funded by Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Articulation (Education), Business Education, Community Colleges, Educational Change,...
The development of "New Apprenticeships" reflects the need to strengthen employment-based training in Australia. The strengths and tradition of Australia's existing system must be built upon; inflexibilities that reduce options and choice must be removed. It is a four-stage process: development of policy principles, establishment of a national policy framework, agreement to implementation arrangements, and implementation at national and state/territory levels. Two issues are crucial...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Course Selection (Students), Educational Finance,...
In 1988, the Texas student aid community addressed the issue of defaults in the guaranteed student loan program, creating a strategic default initiative. In June 1998, this same group of student aid officials met again to examine the current status of defaults and to share ideas on ways to prevent defaults. This report was intended as a resource for conference participants. It updates recommendations made in 1988 and clarifies the latest research on defaults in Texas. Following a brief...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Conferences, Credit (Finance), Financial Aid Applicants, Legal...
Based on interviews and document analysis, an evaluation of Year 4 of the Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership (CAECP) assessed its initiatives to help youth and young adults advance their educational and workplace achievements in pursuit of satisfying, productive careers. CAECP improved school-based learning activity objectives by providing career information materials and software; expanding the speaker roster; encouraging use of Individual Academic Career Plans; and promoting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Development,...
The Council on Postsecondary Education is directed by statute to provide the Governor and the members of the General Assembly an annual accountability report on Kentucky's postsecondary education system. The report documents system-wide and institutional progress in advancing the Public Agenda and the mandates of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 (House Bill 1) and reviews initiatives to be undertaken during the next year. The 2005-06 accountability report includes an...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Postsecondary Education, Accountability, Educational Quality, State Standards,...
Colin Smith's experience in South Africa and his research on the role of storytelling in the Xhosa culture met all of the guiding principles of Brigham Young University's (BYU) International Field Study Program: that students are prepared to do serious research in a topic that relates to their major, and that they will be in the host country for at least three months, and will become fully immersed in the local culture. Colin spent more than three months in East London, South Africa. For...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Story Telling, Racial Segregation, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher...
This paper discusses the characteristics and curriculum needs of disadvantaged students and examines curriculum materials for three levels, including career awareness (elementary level), career exploration (junior high level), and career preparation (senior high, post secondary, and adult levels). Curriculum and instructional materials used in educational programs for the disadvantaged will be sucessful only if they are specifically selected or prepared to meet the needs of those who are to be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Awareness, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs,...
This document reports on the action taken by the Southern state legislatures that meet in 1975. Participating states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (Author)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Postsecondary...
This book consists of 14 selected papers that focus on the broad topic of Australian educational priorities. All the papers were originally presented at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Australian College of Education, which was held in May 1972. Titles of the papers include "Responsibility (The Buntine Oration for 1972),""Sociological Overview of Australian Society,""Educational Consequences of Social Change,""Resources Available for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Educational Media, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy,...
A study was conducted to examine the characteristics of adult education in rural areas, to determine the differences between adult education in rural and urban settings, and to explore possible barriers which prevent rural residents from seeking further education. The investigator analyzed existing literature on participation rates, needs assessment data, interest indexes, program evaluations, and research studies and compared it with studies conducted on adult learning experiences in a rural...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attendance Patterns, Comparative Analysis,...
The adult students who are the subject of this report bring a different orientation with them to the study of language than does the typical adult immigrant or foreign student of English. This former group may be engaged in foreign language study in order to satisfy a college level language requirement or as part of a continuing education or personal improvement program. The paper, divided into three sections, discusses the characteristics and needs of these adults as well as the means...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Age, Aptitude, Audiolingual Methods, Classroom...
This guide, which builds on the Further Education Development Agency's environmental, regional, and economic development initiatives, is intended to help further education (FE) colleges throughout the United Kingdom respond to the sustainable development challenges posed by the International Organization for Standardization's quality environmental management systems standards ISO 14001 and the European Union's eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS). Section 1 is an introduction that outlines...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conservation (Environment), Economic Development, Educational Planning, Educational...
This interim report presents the framework for classifying competency-based initiatives developed by the NPEC (National Postsecondary Education Cooperative) Working Group. Section 1 presents a structure for classifying competency initiatives based upon student progression into, within, and from postsecondary education. Key applications of competency definitions and assessment considered by the Working Group occur at intersections or transition points in the schematic. Section 2 presents the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Check Lists, Competence,...
The state of the vocational education and training (VET) system in Bosnia and Herzegovina was reviewed to identify needed changes in policy and practice. The analysis focused on the following topics: (1) existing socioeconomic conditions; (2) existing labor market policies and employment patterns, unemployment, and employability; (3) modernization of VET as lifelong learning; (4) management training; (5) VET teachers, trainers, managers, and administrators; (6) research on VET; (7)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Educational...
This paper aims to identify and to understand the role of the logical, the affective and the ethical dimensions of knowledge in the online interactions of post-secondary teachers and students. By understanding how these dimensions are interwoven, I intend to demonstrate that the instructor?s course design and teaching strategies must take them into consideration in order to achieve a healthy learning environment. By healthy learning environment I mean the online construction of a knowledge...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Epistemology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discourse Analysis,...
Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report is designed to help inform the following questions driving national efforts to strengthen P-16 education in Wyoming: (1) Are students prepared for college and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards,...
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large, nationally representative samples of young people to collect information about education and training, work, and social development. It includes surveys conducted from the mid-1970s through to the mid-1990s: the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS); the Australian Longitudinal Survey (ALS); the Australian Youth...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Youth, Social Development, Guides,...
The information explosion and exponential development of information-accessing tools has had a disempowering effect on many people. A major challenge of the information-centered world is for students and teachers alike to learn how to assert responsibility and control over personal practice. Meeting this challenge may require personal reconceptualization of thinking, feeling, and acting with respect to the following aspects of teaching and learning: values and beliefs, intentions and purposes,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Information, Action Research, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis,...
The scenarios project set out to develop a tool to improve understanding of vocational education and training (VET) systems in the linked contexts of economic and technological change; changes in society, work, and the labor market; and changing training/skills environment. Other key attempts at the European level to generate European scenarios were five scenarios that were the work of the "cellule prospective" and four scenarios developed in preparation for the French presidency of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Economic Change, Economic Factors, Educational...
Provincial articulation committees play a critical role in the operation of the British Columbia (B.C.) post-secondary system, and can enhance student success within that system. Students' access to programs and institutions, their transfer through the system and their equitable treatment are all affected by articulation committee decisions. Articulation committees also provide an invaluable forum for discussion of new developments in disciplines and for fostering collegial relationships. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Committees, Articulation (Education), Guidelines, Foreign Countries, Administrator...
In 2008, British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) commissioned an environmental scan on the possible need for system-wide work on institutional admissions processes and practices. This scan is intended to seek system input and to provide guidance on the choice of research projects and other related work in the coming year. This report is an environmental scan evaluating the current status of admission to B.C.'s postsecondary institutions. Admission is interpreted broadly to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Transfer Policy, Transfer Programs, Articulation (Education), Postsecondary...
This research evaluates the social context of adolescent intervention programs through a critical lens to determine the impact on youth postsecondary decisions with respect to both educational attainment and deviant behavior, further examining the role of education from a social and political perspective. The Education Longitudinal Study 2002/06 is employed. Propensity score matching is used to make causal inferences with respect to program participation and the impact of some associated...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intervention, Educational Attainment, Role of Education, Program Effectiveness,...
The examination of administrative and political issues in career education entitlement (voucher) plans opens with a discussion of various rationales and models for entitlement programs. A discussion of existing and proposed entitlement schemes covers the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (BEOG), the educational benefits provided under the G. I. Bill, the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) of New York State, and entitlements proposed by Norman Kurland, Herbert Striner, and Charles Benson...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, Career Education, Educational Administration, Educational Finance,...
This report presents data on the income and expenses of students enrolled in colleges, universities and vocational schools providing training beyond the high school level based on a supplement to the October 1973 Current Population Survey (CPS). The tables present data for students enrolled in October 1973 based on family income, expected educational expenses, sources on income, type of school attended, full-time/part-time attendance status, marital status, and financial dependence on parents....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Students, College Students, Colleges, Costs, Expenditures, Family Financial...
The teaching guide and course outline for a 12-week course in soils and foundations is designed to help student technicians in a two-year associate degree civil engineering technology program to obtain entry level employment as highway engineering aides, soil testing technicians, soil mappers, or construction inspectors. The seven teaching units are: an introduction, field investigation and sampling, characteristics and classification of soils, improvement of soils, foundations, pavements and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Engineering, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Learning Activities,...
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program work requirements, part of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) drastically limit women's opportunities to participate in postsecondary education programs while receiving TANF funds. Unlike previous laws governing Aid to Families with Dependent Children and education and training programs, TANF does not consider higher education to be "work," requiring a larger proportion of welfare...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Policy, Employment, Enrollment, Federal Legislation, Females,...
Diverse patterns of organization exist across the English post-16 education and training (ET) system. Direct consequences of national policy drivers and the shift to a single mechanism for all publicly funded non-higher education (HE) post-16 provision are strong imperatives toward collaboration between providers, planned provision across an area, and cohesion across the phases of school, further education, and HE. A theoretical study of models of organization shows ways in which structure can...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Developed Nations,...
The Washington State welfare reform program WorkFirst is designed to move individuals from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) into the workforce. A critical question facing the program is how to assist participants in sustaining and advancing their employment. Three studies of those who exited the program measured multiple outcomes against targets. Worker occupations were found to be low-skill, low-wage jobs with limited advancement opportunities. The average monthly household...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Counseling, Dropout Characteristics, Employment Counselors, Employment Level,...
