• NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE REFLECTED BY PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS
• PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY WAS CENTRAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. • WHILE THERE WERE VARIOUS REASON FOR DEVELOPING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, IT WAS THE WORKPLACE,
WITH ITS NEEDS AND DEMANDS THAT HELD AWAY OVER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
• THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AID TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (1914) RECOGNIZE THE CONSTANTLY
INCREASING DEMAND UPON INDUSTRIES FOR MORE AND BETTER GOODS, AS WELL AS THE DIMINISHING SUPPLY OF TRAINERS’ WORKERS.
INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS
• LOW OUTPUTS INCREASED COST OF PRODUCTION AND STATIONARY OR DIMINISHING WAGES (AS
MEASURE BY THEIR PURCHASING POWER WERE SEEN AS NEGATIVE RESULT. IN ADDITION,
• THE PRODUCTS OF FACTORIES WERE NOT OF THE SAME QUANTITY AND QUALITY AS IN THE PAST. HIGH
PRICES WERE BELIEVED TO BE DUE IN PART TO INEFFICIENT LABOR AND LOW PROFITS.
• THE COMMISSION BELIEVED THAT INACTION WOULD MEAN THE PROMOTION TO POVERTY AND LOW
STANDARDS OF LIVING AND A GENERAL BACKWARDNESS IN INDUSTRY.