The American career and technical education sector has seen several legislative acts drafted and passed in order to make it better and more useful to the American people. These legislation acts are made and existing ones amended constantly to address the changing needs of the American people and too shape the career and technical sector according to these needs. These acts have made a great impact in making career and technical education effective and beneficial to the whole nation. An analysis of such legislation is therefore important as it will not only enable us understand their roles and impacts to career and technical education but also predict the course of future legislation.
One of these legislative acts is the Morill act of 1862 otherwise known as the Land Grant college act. The act allowed the government to provide assistance to the agricultural, mechanical and industrial college programs. The act required each state to give 30,000 acres of land to a congressional representative as a means of generating income to fund the college programs. The act was thus fundamental to career and technical education as it increased access to college and vocational training to Americans. It also accelerated industrial growth in America which has placed the country at the top position on the world and provided a myriad of opportunities to the nation as a whole. The act also expanded vocational education throughout the country. Later amendments to this act (1890 and 1907) increased funding for the Land Grant colleges in agriculture and mechanical acts, The act also allowed for funding for the training of instructors for the same furthering the key aim of the Morill act to provide vocational education to more Americans as well as use this education to support industrial growth for the whole nation.
[...] This nature of this legislation wills also influence and shape future legislation as its provisions are very dynamic and need constant revision and restructuring. References: Scott, L., & Sarkees-Wircenski, M. (1996). Overview of vocational and applied technology. ATP. [...]
[...] These acts have made a great impact in making career and technical education effective and beneficial to the whole nation. An analysis of such legislation is therefore important as it will not only enable us understand their roles and impacts to career and technical education but also predict the course of future legislation. One of these legislative acts is th4e Morill act of 1862 otherwise known as the Land Grant college act. The act allowed the government to provide assistance to the agricultural, mechanical and industrial college programs. [...]
[...] This act comprehensively provided provisions that would ensure that vocational education and quality education at that would be accessible to all without favor. It also went further to include the marginalized in society such as the poor, disabled, women, the uneducated showing that they too had potential to grow the nation and improve if the right vocational education was provided to them (Scott & Sarkees-Wircenski, 1996). A later amendment to the Carl D Perkins act of 1984 provided legislation that was outstandingly instrumental in the shaping of the career and technical education sector. [...]
[...] The act also expanded vocational education throughout the country. Later amendments to this act (1890 and 1907) increased funding for the Land Grant colleges in agriculture and mechanical acts, The act also allowed for funding for the training of instructors for the same furthering the key aim of the Morill act to provide vocational education to more Americans as well as use this education to support industrial growth for the whole nation. The Carl D Perkins vocational Education act of 1984 has also made significant contribution to the growth of the career and technical education. [...]
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