Following the renewed interest in apprenticeship programs triggered by the Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 (PL 101-392), there arose the need to research youth apprenticeship programs and their impact on career and technical education. Previous research in traditional crafts apprenticeship programs suggested that, apprenticeship programs lacked academic content necessary for the graduands to function properly in a formal workplace environment. This study investigated perceptions of youth apprentices who transitioned from Fox Valley Technical College to the...

Transfer of occupational and technical courses from technical colleges to universities has been a contentious issue in many states in the United States as well as in most countries since beginning of time. This study investigated problems associated with articulation and technical college transfer process, and examined alternative information needed to facilitate and improve articulation and transfer process between Wisconsin Technical Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Stout. About 825 technical college transfer students who enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Stout at the...