Vocational Education: Status in 2-year Colleges in 1990-91 and Early Signs of ChangeDIANE Publishing, 1993 - 68 pages An interim report on changes to: improve vocational education program quality nationwide, in part by encouraging specific educational approaches; ensure targeted groups access to vocational education; concentrate funding to ensure that programs are of sufficient size and scope to be effective, in part by establishing a minimum allocation; and require assessments of vocational program quality. Charts and tables. |
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academic and vocational academic skills Aggregated Responses allocation Appendix assess program quality certificate CHECK collect placement data colleges we visited colleges with vocational Community College competency-based curricula Del Mar College Department of Education Department recommends disadvantaged students Education at 2-Year employment enrolled in vocational ENTER NUMBER Estimated Percentage evaluate GO TO QUESTION identified incorporated academic indicated Laney College limited English proficiency measures and standards Nontargeted Students number of colleges number of programs Number of vocational participated in vocational Pell grant percent of colleges percent reported Percentage of 2-Year Perkins Act Perkins Amendments Perkins basic grant Postsecondary Vocational Education program improvement rates Received Perkins Funds Responses to Survey services available special population students specific Status students with disabilities students with limited Survey of Postsecondary systems of performance targeted group enrolled targeted students tech-prep programs Total number vocational education programs vocational-technical education vocational-technical faculty vocational-technical programs vocational-technical students
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Page 36 - Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, as amended by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 (Pub.
Page 1 - The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum Ranking Minority Member Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate The Honorable William D.
Page 1 - Amended 1990, 839) defined vocational and technical education as: organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals in paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree.
Page 59 - Its mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.
Page 42 - vocational education" means organized educational programs which are directly related to the preparation of individuals for paid or unpaid employment, or for additional preparation for a career requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree ; and, for purposes of this paragraph, the term "organized education program...
Page 11 - The major contributors to this report are listed in appendix VI. Linda G. Morra Director, Education and Employment Issues...
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