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Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1989
This document comprises part 2 of a two-part evaluation of the third-year implementation of the New York City Board of Education's 3-year high school Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI). It consists of reports on 8 special substudies of the program in year 3 (part 1 describes the DPI and presents the evaluation findings and recommendations.) The…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Gainous, Fred – 1999
This document consists of three separately-published collections of essays by the chancellor of the Alabama College System, presenting his perspectives on aspects of the two-year college system in that state. The document begins with the system's mission statement, and an explanation of the principles underlying the mission. The essays that follow…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1993
This yearbook of PETRA, the European Community's program for providing youths with vocational training and preparing them for adulthood and work, contains 14 articles: "PETRA's Added Value" (Welbers); "Beyond the Fallen Wall" (Hanf); "Project Report: A Flyweight Becomes a Bricklayer"; "PETRA's Southern Tip"…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, International Cooperation
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Qualifications, Marseilles (France). – 1994
This volume presents the results of a seminar on apprenticeship in Europe entitled "Apprenticeship, Alternance and Dual Systems: Dead-Ends or Highways to the Future" (Marseilles, France, April 1994). It deals with ways in which alternating learning at school and work can provide young people with relevant work skills and facilitate their…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Further Education Staff Coll., Blagdon (England). – 1979
This collection of eight papers reflects Dutch experiences on topics of common interest and concern in the education of less able 16 to 19 year olds throughout the European economic community. "An Outline of the Dutch System of Education" (Philippa Andrews and Colin Turner) provides a basic background to Dutch education, concentrating…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Mortimore, Jo, Ed. – 1984
This publication traces developments in the use of profiles produced over the last two years and attempts to face some difficult and controversial issues raised repeatedly in any consideration of profiling. The introduction addresses assessment issues. Section 2 discusses the technical issues surrounding profiles, or records of achievement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Wehman, Paul – 2002
This book is a guide to the development of Individual Transition Plans (ITPs) for students with disabilities. It includes 37 sample ITPs for students with a wide variety of disabilities. The first four chapters describe the formatting necessary for designing the transition planning document and then describe each of the 10 goals, which range from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Emotional Disturbances, High Schools
Hensley, Oliver D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book contains 30 chapters on the tech prep initiative in Texas: "The Identity of Tech Prep in Texas" (Tunstall); "A Snap-Shot of the Impact of the Tech Prep Initiative in the Governor's 24 Planning Regions" (Brown); "The Tech Prep Consortium Directors: The Architects for the Future of Texas" (Hensley et al.);…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1982
These six papers examine the issues and review some of the current practices in the developing field of profile recording of young people's attainments. An introductory paper, "A Burst of Interest," looks at some reasons why profiling has developed and examines some major issues involved. "Profiles in Training" discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Adolescents, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Fuller, Jack W., Ed.; Whealon, Terry O., Ed. – 1979
Intended for use by students, professional career counselors, and teachers, this book contains a selection of writings by many notable authorities and practitioners of career education in the United States. Its fifty-four articles present background information, philosophical and practical problems, programs suitable for adaptation, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, Articulation (Education), Career Development
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This volume presents the results of a seminar sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the U.S. Department of Education on the changing role of vocational education and training in Europe. The theme of the seminar--linkages between general and vocational training--represents a central concern of national policies…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Doeringer, Peter B., Ed. – 1981
Selections from materials developed for a National Institute of Education two-day workshop to examine workplace perspectives on education and training policy are presented. Participants included employer and trade union representatives, education and training specialists, policy analysts, and government officials. Part I on national perspectives…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Employers
Hunt, Donald C. – 1978
A series of opinions on many facets of the administration of cooperative education programming is presented. Part One reviews the philosophy of cooperative education including Lawrence Canjar's "convert" speech, a comparison of experiential and cooperative education, and discussions of parallel programs. In Part Two employers discuss cooperative…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Jennings, John F., Ed. – 1994
This book contains 11 essays that follow the community service and student loan legislation as it proceeded through Congress. The essays illuminate the policymaking process by explaining the evolution of new national policies and by tracing the history of these two pieces of legislation. The book is organized in three parts. The first two parts…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Students, Community Action, Educational Finance
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1989
This document contains executive summaries that report on short-term projects undertaken as part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Apprenticeship 2000 initiative, the purpose of which is to determine the future role of apprenticeship in meeting needs for a skilled work force. The 13 studies are on the following subjects: (1) issues relating to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Education Work Relationship
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