This report presents the findings and conclusions from the first phase of a two-phase study of education and work councils (community organizations of business leaders, school officials, and representatives of other institutions, formed to ease the transition of youths from school to work). The report describes the education and work councils…

U.S. observers of German apprenticeships are impressed with the quality of vocational training provided, the sense of purpose given to (part-time) academic schooling, and the smooth transition apprentices make from adolescence to adulthood. In Broome County, New York, Cornell University has initiated a Youth Apprenticeship Demonstration Project to…

Drawing on selected literature about education in seven east Asian countries that have shown remarkable economic development since World War II, this paper considers how the nature of the curriculum might have contributed to these nations' economic growth. The systems are highly centralized, with a curriculum component promoting national goals.…

"Today's Education and Training: Tomorrow's Skills" represents British Labour Party policy for education and training, aiming for higher grade point averages and high-quality education and training for 16-18 year olds within 5 years and for "A-levels" for half of all 16-19 year olds within 10 years. This article raises parity…

The way that employment outcomes of various educational programs are described has implications for educators, students, and employers. Standardization might be achieved by using titles of the U.S. Census and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. (Author)

Contains a report of the application of Markov chain analysis to develop a model with analytical and predictive use for planning education for work. A flow model and the Markov chain theory are applied to data from the University of Khartoum. Advantages and limitations of the model are also listed. (CT)

Considers social construction of youth phase, noting that transitions to adulthood in Great Britain are completed biographically sooner than in comparable continental European countries. Relationship between formal qualifications and occupation-entry conditions is relatively flexible. British young people tend to attain financial independence from…

The society in which young German people grow up is a service economy characterized by continuous technological and social change. This paper describes young Germans' situations along the integration/exclusion axes, highlighting education and training, housing and family contexts, and orientations to Europeans and to "foreigners" within…

The Monitoring and Tracking Clients and Helpers (MATCH) system assesses the skills and needs of deaf-blind individuals completing educational programs and compares them with training opportunities of service agencies. The information is used to determine the most appropriate adult placement and to determine needed areas unmet by existing programs.…

In June 1991, U.S. Department of Labor issued the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Report detailing the necessary competencies and foundations required for twenty-first-century workers. Because communications skills, critical thinking, work habits, interpersonal skills, and individual responsibility are as important as…

Describes young Dutch people's lives in terms of education and qualification, family building, leisure activities, and exposure to risk. Dutch society has experienced rapid social change in past 30 years; women's roles have changed dramatically during past decade. Expansion of educational participation to secure better labor-market chances has…

The recently released "Young People's Participation in Post-Compulsory Education and Training" document completes an education policy triad in Australia involving schooling, higher education, and further education. This paper examines the policy nexus between higher education and further education, exploring contradictions between…

Although well intentioned, Oregon's Certificate of Initial Mastery Plan offers no apprenticeship programs for non-college-bound students. In contrast, Japan's Oita Media Technology High School and Hita Rinko High School of Forestry exemplify the nation's longstanding focus on technical education and industry-specific trade schools. The new…

The report discusses exemplary practices in coordinating special education and vocational rehabilitation services. Project sites were nominated and visited and staff interviewed. The first of two sections in the report compares program elements (planning, administration/structure, staff development training and dissemination efforts, vocational…

The author evaluates a program whereby the French government subsidized employers to organize training for youth under employment contracts. Youth with above average employment opportunties benefited. Failure to serve the most disadvantaged youth is attributed to (1) individual youth choices, (2) screening by program administrators, and (3)…