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study of return-to-industry experiences of Florida community college vocational faculty between 1986 and 1990

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1992
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The survey research in this study was a delayed post-examination of characteristics and outcomes of return-to-industry experiences of vocational community college faculty in Florida. A questionnaire was sent in 1990 to all community college faculty who participated between 1986 and 1990 in the Florida Vocational In-Service and Business Exchange Program. The survey population included all persons who had received grants in support of return-to-industry experiences for faculty or institutional upgrading over the four-year period. The questionnaire designed for this study solicited information about measurable outcomes affecting the participants and their institutions following the experiences. Questionnaire responses indicated perceived outcomes of curricular change, participant's increased knowledge, increased industry contacts, and updated knowledge of equipment and employment needs in participating industries. Initial data on the characteristics of each experience were gathered from the files of the Florida Department of Education in Tallahassee. These files contained data relating to the amount, the number of days, and the participant's department and college for each grant. Responses were analyzed using Pearson-r correlations and multiple regression analysis to determine whether significant relationships existed between and among reported characteristics of the experiences and the outcomes perceived by participants. Results of the regression analysis support the presence of a relationship between initial goals of the experience and actual outcomes. Statistically significant relationships were found to exist within the group as a whole and when grouping participants by year as separate reference groups. These relationships were determined by using responses to the questionnaire as variables in a correlation analysis. The results of this study may serve as a reference for administrators, participants, funding agencies, and state education agencies for planning, budgeting, implementing, and evaluating future return-to-industry and staff development programs.
Title: A study of return-to-industry experiences of Florida community college vocational faculty between 1986 and 1990.
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Name(s): Sullivan, David E., Degree Grantor
Florida Atlantic University
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1992
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 129 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The survey research in this study was a delayed post-examination of characteristics and outcomes of return-to-industry experiences of vocational community college faculty in Florida. A questionnaire was sent in 1990 to all community college faculty who participated between 1986 and 1990 in the Florida Vocational In-Service and Business Exchange Program. The survey population included all persons who had received grants in support of return-to-industry experiences for faculty or institutional upgrading over the four-year period. The questionnaire designed for this study solicited information about measurable outcomes affecting the participants and their institutions following the experiences. Questionnaire responses indicated perceived outcomes of curricular change, participant's increased knowledge, increased industry contacts, and updated knowledge of equipment and employment needs in participating industries. Initial data on the characteristics of each experience were gathered from the files of the Florida Department of Education in Tallahassee. These files contained data relating to the amount, the number of days, and the participant's department and college for each grant. Responses were analyzed using Pearson-r correlations and multiple regression analysis to determine whether significant relationships existed between and among reported characteristics of the experiences and the outcomes perceived by participants. Results of the regression analysis support the presence of a relationship between initial goals of the experience and actual outcomes. Statistically significant relationships were found to exist within the group as a whole and when grouping participants by year as separate reference groups. These relationships were determined by using responses to the questionnaire as variables in a correlation analysis. The results of this study may serve as a reference for administrators, participants, funding agencies, and state education agencies for planning, budgeting, implementing, and evaluating future return-to-industry and staff development programs.
Identifier: 12323 (digitool), FADT12323 (IID), fau:9225 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.
Subject(s): College teachers--Tenure
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