Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze criteria
and procedures used in the selection of occupational advisory committee
members in Oregon community colleges. The existence of a
common core of criteria and procedures for selecting occupational
advisory committee members was investigated. Further, the...
The purpose of the study was to analyze selected characteristics
of a sample of chief administrators in community or junior colleges in
the nation to determine their attitudes toward secondary vocational
education. Samples of chief administrators in public post-secondary
institutions which offered shared-time vocational education programs
for secondary (high school)...
The purpose of the study was to provide a method for evaluating the effect, impact or role that (as perceived by automotive, diesel, automotive collision faculty and administrators) the nationally recognized industry training standards developed by Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) have on the...
The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) the ideal
vocational agriculture summer program activities as perceived by
teacher educators and state supervisors nationwide, and 2) if
there were differences in perceptions towards vocational
agriculture summer program activities among selected groups
impacting vocational agriculture programs in the state of...
In the 1961-62 academic year there were thirteen National
Defense Education Act Counseling and Guidance Training Institutes
established at institutions of higher education about the country.
The purpose of these institutes was to upgrade the counseling and
guidance skills of personnel employed as half-time counselors in
secondary schools. As a...
This study investigated factors that influence career choice and
development for gay male school teachers. Ten gay educators
participated in the investigation. Data collection methods involved
two semi-structured personal interviews and one structured telephone
interview for a total of 30 sampling units. Data analysis procedures
included reviewing audiotapes, reading transcriptions,...
The study was undertaken to determine if the construct and vocabulary
of systems theory are related to academic performance such that
a) the understanding of either or both can predict grade-point average
for college students, and b) the explicit teaching of both construct
and vocabulary to minority students can improve...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of university cooperative education coordinators regarding the importance of tasks identified by cooperative education experts as being critical to the operation of university programs. The study was also concerned with coordinators' preferences regarding the organizational formats...
The goals of this study were to discover and compare the religious
and philosophical traditions which have shaped Japanese and American
cultures, and to make a case for interdisciplinary transcultural programs
of study in higher education. Specifically, the purposes of this
study were to: (1) describe and trace historically the...