Date of Award

1-1-1984

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Business and Vocational Education

Abstract

The problem of the study was to determine the perceived degree of impact of selected technological, economic, programmatic, legislative, and sociological trends which could affect post-secondary vocational-technical education in Minnesota.The purpose of this study was to provide information useful to Minnesota post-secondary vocational-technical educators in planning the direction of post-secondary vocational-technical education in the State for the next decade. This purpose was accomplished through a survey which emphasized the perceived degree of need and the perception of degree of impact on post-secondary vocational-technical curricula from selected technological, economic, programmatic, legislative, and sociological trends.A primary concern in the survey was to include the views of the directors and assistant directors of the Minnesota Area Vocational-Technical Institutes, the local program directors from the Minnesota Secondary Vocational Cooperative Centers, the Minnesota State Advisory Council members for Vocational Education, administrative personnel from the Minnesota Department of Education who have post-secondary vocational-technical responsibilities, and the State Board members for Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical Education were asked to participate in the study.The One-Way Analysis of Variance was used to determine if there were any significant differences in the perceived degree of impact of selected technological, economic, programmatic, legislative, and sociological trends. If the results were significant, the multiple comparison test, a An Tukey Honestly Significant Difference Method, was used to determine where the significant differences among the groups of respondents occurred.There were no significant differences in the perceived degree of impact for four of the selected trends (technological, economic, programmatic, legislative, and sociological), but there was a significant difference in the perceived degree of impact for selected economic trends among the six categories of respondents.The review of literature and the survey illustrate that post-secondary vocational-technical education in Minnesota is changing rapidly. Minnesota post-secondary vocational-technical education is being affected by a change in clientele, decreasing financial resources, decreasing student base, equal rights for minorities, legislative mandates, and evolving technological advancements.

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