A Study of Student Recruitment and Selection for Area Vocational Technical Schools in Pennsylvania and Selected Vocational Educators' Opinions Concerning the Process.

Autor/in	O'Neill, Edmund J.
Titel	A Study of Student Recruitment and Selection for Area Vocational Technical Schools in Pennsylvania and Selected Vocational Educators' Opinions Concerning the Process.
Quelle	(1985), (94 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Administrator Attitudes; Admission Criteria; Comparative Analysis; Counselor Attitudes; Demography; Educational Practices; Questionnaires; Regional Schools; Secondary Education; State Surveys; Statewide Planning; Student Recruitment; Vocational Directors; Vocational Education; Vocational Schools; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Demografie; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Sekundarbereich; Planwirtschaft; Berufsbetreuer; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule
Abstract	A study examined current student recruitment and selection processes in area vocational-technical schools (AVTSs) throughout Pennsylvania and also compared the attitudes of vocational directors and counselors regarding these processes. Of the 170 questionnaires mailed to AVTS directors and counselors, 151 usable responses were returned. Data from the questionnaires indicated significant variations in the methods used by individual AVTSs for recruiting and selecting students. The directors surveyed believed that visitations by junior high school students to the AVTS and good working relationships with sending school personnel were major strengths in the recruitment and selection process. "Protectionism" and negative attitudes on the part of sending schools were viewed as major difficulties in the recruitment process. Whereas directors and counselors agreed that junior high students are neither knowledgeable enough about careers nor mature enough to make appropriate career decisions, they disagreed regarding the effectiveness of criteria for predicting success in and completion of vocational programs. Demographic differences among the respondents did not appear to influence their attitudes. (Appendixes to this report include the questionnaire and lists of vocational courses most and least requested by prospective students as reported by AVTS directors.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC