| Frequencies
(percent)
|
Means (standard deviations) | 0 |
1-5 |
6-10 |
11-20 |
20+ |
| a.
Provided assistance to students seeking employment (CA)
|
23.4
|
37.2
|
17.2
|
9.2
|
13.0
|
2.509
(1.30)
|
| b.
Shared information with a colleague on campus about job opportunities for
students (CA)
|
34.0
|
39.2
|
12.9
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
2.137
(1.16)
|
| c.
Received information from a colleague on campus about job opportunities for
students (CA)
|
36.5
|
40.5
|
11.9
|
5.1
|
6.0
|
2.035
(1.11)
|
| d.
Gave a presentation or training workshop to a local business, government, or
community organization (PR)
|
60.6
|
32.0
|
4.6
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
1.510
(0.77)
|
| e.
Provided your class with guest speakers from local business, government, or
community organizations (CP)
|
54.4
|
37.0
|
5.5
|
2.2
|
0.8
|
1.578
(0.76)
|
| f.
Took a group of students to visit local business, government, or community
organization work location (CP)
|
69.2
|
25.3
|
3.4
|
0.8
|
1.4
|
1.399
(0.72)
|
| g.
Personally developed new internship, apprentice, or cooperative education
programs (IN)
|
78.2
|
18.1
|
2.0
|
0.8
|
1.0
|
1.283
(0.64)
|
Note: The table shows mean responses to the question, "Approximately how many times did you engage in each of the following activities during the 1994-1995 academic year?"
CA = Career Assistance; CP = Curriculum and Pedagogy; PR = Professional and Community Activities; IN = Institutional Activities
| Frequencies (percent) | Means
(standard deviations)
| Never 1 |
2
|
Sometimes |
4
|
Often |
| a.
Talked with students about their work experiences (CA)
|
3.7
|
14.8
|
30.6
|
14.8
|
36.1
|
3.649
(1.21)
|
| b.
Talked with students about their career concerns (CA)
|
2.6
|
11.2
|
25.6
|
19.1
|
41.5
|
3.856
(1.15)
|
| c.
Used business/industry examples to illustrate concepts in class (CP)
|
8.6
|
12.0
|
18.5
|
17.1
|
43.8
|
3.757
(1.35)
|
| d.
Used business/industry case studies for student assignments (CP)
|
36.1
|
16.5
|
17.7
|
11.5
|
18.2
|
2.593
(1.51)
|
| e.
Developed assignments requiring students to interact with local business,
government, or community organizations (CP)
|
44.6
|
18.6
|
16.4
|
7.8
|
12.6
|
2.252
(1.41)
|
Note: The table shows mean responses to the question, "How often did you engage in each of the following activities during the 1994-1995 academic year?"
CA = Career Assistance; CP = Curriculum and Pedagogy; PR = Professional and Community Activities; IN = Institutional Activities
| Frequencies
(percent)
|
Means (standard deviations) | Strongly |
Agree
|
Neither
|
Disagree
|
Strongly |
| a.
I have no time to develop or maintain links
|
16.5
|
21.5
|
23.1
|
28.9
|
10.0
|
2.943
(1.25)
|
| b.
I don't know how to go about developing links
|
8.9
|
18.4
|
20.5
|
35.3
|
16.9
|
3.329
(1.21)
|
| c.
Other people in this college have responsibility for developing links
|
18.5
|
40.3
|
18.2
|
14.6
|
8.4
|
2.542
(1.19)
|
| d.
Employers in our community are not interested in working with our college
|
1.0
|
2.7
|
15.9
|
47.2
|
33.2
|
4.089
(0.83)
|
| e.
My department discourages me from building links
|
2.1
|
3.4
|
23.5
|
33.4
|
37.5
|
4.007
(0.97)
|
| f.
My college discourages me from building links
|
2.1
|
3.3
|
22.8
|
34.9
|
36.8
|
4.010
(0.96)
|
| g.
I don't see much need for stronger links
|
1.6
|
4.7
|
18.9
|
37.5
|
37.4
|
4.045
(0.94)
|
| h.
Vocational faculty receive more encouragement from my college than academic
faculty in building links
|
9.8
|
23.2
|
34.6
|
17.9
|
14.5
|
3.041
(1.17)
|
Note: The table shows mean responses to the question, "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about links to local business, government, and community organizations?"
| Frequencies (percent) | Means (standard deviations) | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| a.
Academic and vocational faculty are housed in separate departments
|
21.8
|
6.0
|
12.0
|
19.1
|
41.1
|
3.516
(1.58)
|
| b.
Academic and vocational faculty collaborate in the development of curriculum
|
18.6
|
15.8
|
31.3
|
20.4
|
13.9
|
2.951
(1.29)
|
| c.
Academic and vocational faculty share teaching responsibility for the same
courses
|
44.1
|
21.1
|
20.0
|
8.4
|
6.5
|
2.121
(1.24)
|
| d.
College/department officials supply me with information about the local labor
market
|
41.0
|
21.6
|
20.4
|
10.8
|
6.2
|
2.194
(1.25)
|
| e.
Colleagues in my department supply me with information about the local labor
market
|
36.5
|
18.4
|
20.8
|
15.9
|
8.5
|
2.414
(1.34)
|
| f.
Colleagues in other departments supply me with information about the local
labor market
|
47.5
|
25.1
|
18.2
|
6.2
|
3.0
|
1.920
(1.08)
|
| g.
Links to local business and community are rewarded in promotion/tenure decisions
|
58.2
|
16.3
|
17.6
|
5.5
|
2.5
|
1.778
(1.07)
|
| h.
Formal policies and rules govern most activities
|
9.2
|
9.6
|
28.2
|
28.7
|
24.3
|
3.494
(1.22)
|
| i.
Innovative activities are rewarded
|
21.2
|
15.6
|
28.1
|
24.7
|
10.3
|
2.872
(1.28)
|
| j.
There is a lot of resistance to change
|
13.6
|
18.3
|
33.8
|
19.1
|
15.1
|
3.038
(1.23)
|
| k.
This institution is highly responsive and adaptive in meeting the needs of the
external constituents
|
11.4
|
13.4
|
35.6
|
26.6
|
12.9
|
3.162
(1.16)
|
| l.
There is a high emphasis on institution-community activities
|
8.6
|
14.7
|
33.3
|
27.9
|
15.5
|
3.270
(1.15)
|