Mechanical drafting cluster /

Project staff: Alexi Carli (Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Subcouncil); Ron Engstrom (State Liason) [and] Pat Spicer (Product Developer for Mechanical Drafting Cluster).

Metal stamping skills cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Nursing cluster /

Project staff: Joseph A. Bonefeste, Kathryn Torricelli, Mary Mulcahy. Cf. p. [2] of cover.

Occupational therapy cluster /

Project staff: Joseph A. Bonefeste, Kathryn Torricelli, Patricia Johnson.--P. [2] of cover.

Physical therapist assistant cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Plastics molding cluster /

Project staff: Steven Kopinski, Ronald Engstrom, Louis Reifschneider.

Press operations cluster /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Publicly funded skill training and its relationship to commerce and industry.

Statement in rebuttal to this SACVE study by the Illinois Community College Board inserted.

Rules and regulations : private business and vocational schools.

Mode of access: Internet.

Surgical technologist /

Agency partners: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, Illinois Dept. of Employment Security.

Telecommunications technician cluster /

Project staff: Doug Dougherty, John Kopatz, Kris Kersey.

User's handbook for phase I-FY1979 : ICCB statewide follow-up survey of FY1978 occupational program graduates.

The ICCB statewide follow-up survey of FY1978 occupational program graduates (to be conducted during January and February, 1979) is the first phase of a three-phase ICCB statewide occupational student follow-up study.

Welding cluster /

Project staff: Steven Kopinski, Ronald Engstrom, Rick Polanin.

Today's small business for tomorrow : a skilled workforce : final report /

Mode of access: Internet.

An analysis of the on-time graduation rate in the two-year program at National Taipei Institute of Technology in Taiwan

Taiwan's technical vocational educational system includes three levels: (1) institutes of technology (two and four year programs), (2) junior colleges (two, three and five year programs), and (3) senior vocational schools. Two-year junior colleges enroll their students through two channels: (1) based on results of the Particular Screening Entrance Examination (PSEE), (2) based on the Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE). The PSEE has two categories: Category I includes on-time graduates with excellent performance, which means that they are within the top ten of their classes; Category II students include award-winning students in talent contests who have achieved a minimum grade point average of 75%. The JCEE is a regular entrance examination given to any senior vocation school graduate.^ Basic courses have a great impact on the students' academic performance. The purpose of the study was to focus on the effectiveness of teaching mathematics in two-year junior colleges and to analyze and correlate the results of two-year junior college students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation. The target group consisted of 521 students enrolled at National Taipei Institute of Technology in 1993.^ Calculus is a very important course for engineering majors in two-year junior colleges and has a great impact on the students' academic performance. This retrospective study showed that there was a correlation between students' performance in calculus and on-time graduation after two years of study.^ The conclusions of the study urge the Ministry of Education to reform two-year junior college curriculum standards to emphasize basic rudimentary courses. It is recommended that engineering majors receive three hours of calculus per week as the current requirement of only two hours per week is inadequate. The future job market will require a technologically advanced labor force that can be trained in a higher education system. More channels of higher education for two-year junior college graduates should be made available for those wishing to pursue bachelor degrees. Additional work in calculus will not only enhance the opportunities for two-year junior college graduates to continue their pursuit of an advanced academic degree, but also serve them well as they seek career advancement. ^