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Title: Contributions of Vocational Education, Training, and Work Experience to the Early Career Achievements of Young Men
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Grasso, John T. |
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Contributions of Vocational Education, Training, and Work Experience to the Early Career Achievements of Young Men Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1975 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Education, Secondary; Educational Returns; Family Influences; High School Completion/Graduates; Job Satisfaction; Vocational Education; Vocational Preparation; Work Attitudes; Work Knowledge The study of non-college-attending, male high school graduates examines vocational, general and college preparatory high school curricula and certain post-school training opportunities to uncover differences in their effectiveness, either alone or in conjunction with post-school programs, in preparing youth for careers. Based on data from the NLS of Young Men 1966-69, the following serve as criterion measures in a multivariate framework: a general occupational information test, attitudes toward adequacy of preparation, participation in post-school training, skill level of jobs, wages, measures of career potential, overall job satisfaction, and unemployment experience. Multiple regression is used to identify and measure the net effects of educational and training variables by controlling statistically for other influences, with separate analyses conducted for white and black youth. The empirical findings reported and discussed for each criterion measure are summarized and provide the basis for specific conclusions which do not support the view that vocational education at the secondary level is superior preparation for the world of work. Four major implications for secondary education are drawn from the findings. A 14-page bibliography, a discussion of statistical tests of the significance of intergroup differences in regression, and tabulated regression results are appended. |
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Grasso, John T. Contributions of Vocational Education, Training, and Work Experience to the Early Career Achievements of Young Men. Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1975. |