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Here are some facts in support of Vocational Education. The vocationally-trained person, during his working life, will realize a return of from $35,000 to $40,000 for every $1,000 invested in his vocational education. The specialized training required for over 75% of today’s jobs is not accreditable in four year degree-granting institutions, but must be trained in area vocational schools, technical institutes and community colleges. We are told that no college degree will be required for eight out of ten jobs in the present decade. The National Advisory Council on Vocational Education reports that some of the remedial vocational training programs cost as much as $12,000 for every man or woman placed in a job. This is compared to an estimated national figure of from $1,000 to $2,500 if a student were enrolled in a vocational program in high school.
Vocational Education programs return $6.00 for every $1.00 they invest. We are told that less than 20% of the Nation’s young people graduate from college, yet for every 14 in federal dollars spent on the Nation’s universities, only $1.00 is spent for Vocational Education.
Vocational Education needs the full support of educators, business, manufacturing and most important, the individual. More of our high school students need to be enrolled in vocational education in order to enter the
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