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PERCEPTIONS OF SELECTED TECHNOLOGICAL COURSES AS OFFERED OR PROPOSED, IN THE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

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Date Issued:
1977
Summary:
The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze information regarding the following three proposed programs for possible implementation in the School of Technology of Florida International University: 1. Safety Technology 2. Manufacturing Technology 3. Food Technology In support of the eventual decision of the administration of the university to launch these programs, it was intended to provide answers to the following questions: 1. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates from each program with an associate degree from a junior college? 2. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates from each program with a bachelor's degree from F.I.U.? 3. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates with a master's degree from F.I.U. from a program to be developed? 4. Does the demand for graduates at the various levels described above depend on the size of the business measured by total employment? 5. Do the types of jobs available depend on the size of the business? 6. Do the starting salaries for these jobs depend also on the size of the business? 7. Do the opportunities for promotion likewise depend on the size of the business? 8. Is the job market the same within each type of industry regardless of the specific line of products made? 9. Do the employers expect a rapid expansion of their businesses in the next ten years? 10. What is the opinion of the employers on F.I.U., the faculty, and the graduates in general; and, in particular, on the proposed programs? To facilitate the answers to the above questions by the prospective employers, it was necessary to take the following prelininary steps: 1. To find out what programs were available at Miami-Dade and Broward community colleges. 2. To find out what programs had been developed by technical associations. 3. To define a proposal from each program based on existing courses offered at F.I.U. The population was categorized by type related to one of the proposed programs, and by size according to total employment. The investigation was carried out by personal interviews with industries selected at random. The results were as follows: 1. Local industry expects to hire candidates with an associate degree only in Manufacturing Technology. 2. Local industry expects to hire candidates with a bachelor's degree in any of the three proposed programs. 3. Local industry does not expect to consider for employment candidates with a master's degree. 4. The demand for graduates, the types of jobs available, the starting salaries, and the opportunities for promotion do not depend directly on the size of the business. 5. The job market does not depend on the specific line of products made. 6. The opinions on F.I.U. varied from one extreme to the other, and more public relations should be done to have a top image. Several other results were obtained from the investigation, beyond answers to the questions originally posed, which threw additional light on the problem, as follows: 1. There is another important job market for graduates in the proposed programs with firms doing consulting work for the local industry. 2. The proposed programs were unanimously accepted, and some suggestions were given as to topics to be stressed in some of the subjects. 3. Some students considered this type of research important because job opportunities were a prime factor in program selection.
Title: PERCEPTIONS OF SELECTED TECHNOLOGICAL COURSES AS OFFERED OR PROPOSED, IN THE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
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Name(s): AURIOLES, GABRIEL G.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1977
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 100 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze information regarding the following three proposed programs for possible implementation in the School of Technology of Florida International University: 1. Safety Technology 2. Manufacturing Technology 3. Food Technology In support of the eventual decision of the administration of the university to launch these programs, it was intended to provide answers to the following questions: 1. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates from each program with an associate degree from a junior college? 2. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates from each program with a bachelor's degree from F.I.U.? 3. Is there a need in the local industry for graduates with a master's degree from F.I.U. from a program to be developed? 4. Does the demand for graduates at the various levels described above depend on the size of the business measured by total employment? 5. Do the types of jobs available depend on the size of the business? 6. Do the starting salaries for these jobs depend also on the size of the business? 7. Do the opportunities for promotion likewise depend on the size of the business? 8. Is the job market the same within each type of industry regardless of the specific line of products made? 9. Do the employers expect a rapid expansion of their businesses in the next ten years? 10. What is the opinion of the employers on F.I.U., the faculty, and the graduates in general; and, in particular, on the proposed programs? To facilitate the answers to the above questions by the prospective employers, it was necessary to take the following prelininary steps: 1. To find out what programs were available at Miami-Dade and Broward community colleges. 2. To find out what programs had been developed by technical associations. 3. To define a proposal from each program based on existing courses offered at F.I.U. The population was categorized by type related to one of the proposed programs, and by size according to total employment. The investigation was carried out by personal interviews with industries selected at random. The results were as follows: 1. Local industry expects to hire candidates with an associate degree only in Manufacturing Technology. 2. Local industry expects to hire candidates with a bachelor's degree in any of the three proposed programs. 3. Local industry does not expect to consider for employment candidates with a master's degree. 4. The demand for graduates, the types of jobs available, the starting salaries, and the opportunities for promotion do not depend directly on the size of the business. 5. The job market does not depend on the specific line of products made. 6. The opinions on F.I.U. varied from one extreme to the other, and more public relations should be done to have a top image. Several other results were obtained from the investigation, beyond answers to the questions originally posed, which threw additional light on the problem, as follows: 1. There is another important job market for graduates in the proposed programs with firms doing consulting work for the local industry. 2. The proposed programs were unanimously accepted, and some suggestions were given as to topics to be stressed in some of the subjects. 3. Some students considered this type of research important because job opportunities were a prime factor in program selection.
Identifier: 11683 (digitool), FADT11683 (IID), fau:12571 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.
College of Education
Subject(s): Florida International University --School of Technology--Curricula
Technical education--Curricula--Florida
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