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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:49:00 -0800
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From:         National Center for Research in Vocational Edu
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Subject:      NEW NCRVE DOCUMENTS

Preparing Adult Immigrants for Work: The Educational Response in Two
Communities--K. Ramsey, A. Robyn
  This document presents the results of a two-year exploratory study of
  adult immigrant students' English-language instruction and vocational
  education needs and the response of postsecondary education providers
  to those needs.  It presents case study research of two communities
  with large immigrant populations, and the findings provide insights
  into how and why educational services differ among schools and programs
  and what the differences mean to adult immigrant students pursuing
  education.  The descriptions of community responsiveness to the adult
  immigrant student should help educators and policy makers understand
  how program decisions and institutional traditions affect immigrants'
  opportunities to learn.
  MDS-072                   November 1992                     $5.00

Education and Training for Working in the Fifty States: A Compendium
of State Policies--L.M. McDonnell, G.L. Zellman
  This document introduces readers to a database that provides basic
  descriptive information about state policies and practices with regard
  to five education and training programs: secondary vocational education,
  postsecondary vocational education, the Job Training Partnership Act
  (JTPA), welfare-to-work programs, and state-funded job training.  It
  differs from most reports issued by NCRVE in that it neither analyzes
  the design and implementation of particular policies nor assesses
  their effectiveness.  This data come from a survey of work-related
  education and training policies in the fifty states, and are available
  to researchers and members of the policy community through NCRVE.
  MDS-184                December 1992                   $12.95

Empowering Accountability in Vocational-Technical Education:  The
Analysis and Use of Wage Records--D. Jarosik,  L.A. Phelps
  This  publication  focuses  upon the use of  unemployment  insurance
  wage  reporting systems by thirteen states to track former  students
  in  order  to gain a picture of their post-education employment  and
  earnings  history.  These systems are a potential  resource  in  the
  demands for accountability.
  MDS-244                  NOVEMBER 1992                      $  4.50

Local Accountability in Vocational Education:  A Theoretical Model and
Its Limitations in Practice--B. Stecher and L. Hanser
  Local accountability systems, although often informal, have many  of
  the   same   elements  that  are  being  incorporated  into   formal
  regulations.   This  document analyzes local accountability  systems
  in vocational education.
  MDS-291                  NOVEMBER 1992                        $4.50

Two Worlds: Vocational and Academic Teachers in Comprehensive High
Schools--J.W. Little
  Vocational and academic teachers occupy two separate worlds in
  comprehensive high schools.  Vocational teachers have remained nearly
  invisible in the mainstream literature on high schools, despite the
  considerable attention devoted to the problem and prospects of a
  vocational curriculum.  This paper attends to the place that
  vocational teachers occupy in the professional community of high
  school.
  MDS-438                September 1992                 $3.25

Selection Bias and the Earnings Effects of Postsecondary Vocational
Education-- E. E. Zilbert, J. C. Hearn, D. R. Lewis
  This  paper  examines the potential for selection bias in  the  High
  School  and  Beyond  national data sets as they  might  be  used  to
  estimate  earnings  effects resulting from postsecondary  education.
  Originally   published  in  the  Journal  of  Vocational   Education
  Research, Vol. 17 (1992), No. 1.
  MDS-440                  REPRINT SERIES                      $ 2.00

Correcting Conventional Wisdom:  Community College Impact on Students'
Jobs and Salaries--W. N. Grubb
  A  close  examination of recent data shows substantial  benefits  to
  community  college  students completing certificates  and  associate
  degrees.   This article is reprinted from the June/July  1992  AACJC
  Journal.
  MDS-451                  REPRINT SERIES                     $  2.00

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