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ERIC Number: EJ462066
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-7597
Perceptions of Quality: Implications for the Retention of Students in Postsecondary Vocational Education Programs.
Schwartz, Sherry A.; Peterson, Shari L.
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, v15 n3 p13-18 Spr 1993
Application of total quality concepts in vocational education means beginning with students' characteristics, goals, and perceptions. Challenges include accepting a user-based and value-based definition of quality and recognizing the multifaceted needs of diverse students and the resulting complex definitions of quality. (JOW)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Quality, High Risk Students, Postsecondary Education, School Holding Power, Student Attitudes, Total Quality Management, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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