NCRVE Change Agent, 1990-91.

Overview & Synopsis

These four issues of volume 1 (1991) contain brief reports on published research of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE). In Issue 1 are these eight articles: "Twelve Exemplary High Schools: Preparing Vocational Students for College"; "High School Vocational Education Withering Away?"; "Separate or Integrated High Schools: What's Best for Students?"; "Learners with Special Needs: Vocational Education Resources"; "Reforming Education for Work: Some Guidelines from Cognitive Science"; "Our Changing Workplace: Impact on Skill Requirements"; "Investments in People: Data to Support the Value of Vocational Education"; and "Coordination between Voc Ed and JTPA [Job Training Partnership Act] Programs: Local Successes." Issue 2 contains six articles: "How Should We Use Data to Improve Education?"; "'The Cunning Hand, the Cultured Mind': Integrating Vocational and Academic Education"; "The Beginning Vocational Teacher: Spotlight on the Induction Process"; "Customized Training and Economic Development: New Roles for Vocational Education"; "Generic Skills: Teaching and Learning for the Workplace"; and "Community College Research: An Update." In issue 3 are seven articles: "Does Work Enhance Student Success?"; "Co-op Education Students Find College and Work Mutually Reinforcing"; "NCRVE Human Resource Directory"; "How Do Successful Vocational Education Administrators Behave?"; "Adult Vocational Education: Issues for the 90s"; "Nontraditional Student Attrition: A Model"; and "Education and the Economy: Monitoring the Interaction." The five articles in issue 4 are "How are Teachers Responding to Integration?"; "Part-Time Faculty in Community Colleges: Staff Development Issues"; "Professional Development Programs: Lessons Learned"; "The National Assessment of Vocational Education"; and "Vocational Education Policies: An Overview." (YLB)