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Bullis, Michael; Foss, Gilbert – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1983
Conducted a national survey of vocational rehabilitation agencies (N=42) to determine the present status of cooperative work study programs serving mentally retarded secondary students. Results documented a decrease both in formal programs and number of students served. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cooperative Programs, Mental Retardation, Secondary Education
Lomen, Lynn D.; Standen, Robert S. – 1973
To determine whether students who indicated success on the job evaluated the overall Cooperative Education Program at Los Angeles Valley College differently from those students who did not indicate job success, data were collected from 249 students who had completed the program (41 percent female and 59 percent male). Questionnaires were answered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Evaluation Methods
Vambery, Eva – 1967
A summary of a year long evaluation of the participants in the 1962-63 Municipal Cooperative Education Program (MCEP) is presented. The MCEP is a work-study program for high school students in New York City which affords participants an opportunity to engage in vocational experimentation under structured and supervised conditions while continuing…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Followup Studies, High School Students
Brown, Sylvia J.; Whitten, Cynthia Jahn – 1977
Recent development and implementation of cooperative education on the graduate level in the U.S. and Canada is examined in this study. Several questions are addressed: How and why did graduate cooperative education programs begin? How was the program received on campus? What are the major program characteristics? What problems or issues are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Catterall, James S.; Stern, David – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This research probes two questions: Does participation in alternative high school programs reduce the likelihood of students dropping out? Does participation enhance experience in the labor market after students leave school? Results showed lower dropout and higher subsequent employment rates among participants who had no doubt about finishing the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Continuation Students, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention
Bang, Myong-Ye; Lamb, Peg; Tomlinson, Jeanne – 1996
This study, undertaken at a Michigan high school, examined the development of collaborative relationships among school personnel, community members, and agency staff for the effective transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. It attempted to identify the essential components and common barriers to such relationships and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
San Mateo Community Coll. District, CA. – 1974
This document presents a comprehensive overview of cooperative education programs in the San Mateo Community College District. There are three plans which provide regular work experience related to college studies and career goals. The Alternative Semester pattern allows two students to hold one full-time position by exchanging work and study…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Objectives, Employment Opportunities
D'Amico, Joseph J.; Adelman, Sheryl P. – 1986
Recent studies showing the need for improvements in the educational system in the United States have resulted in strengthening of academic requirements, upgrading of standards for promotion, and increased course loads in high schools throughout the country. Pennsylvania is no exception to this trend; the passage of Chapter 5 legislation, which…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Williams, Gerald D. – 1975
The Health Services Careers Program (HSCP) at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI) in East Baltimore is a multi-purpose, inter-agency program designed to facilitate part-time employment, on-the-job training, and guidance in health occupations for economically disadvantaged high school students. Since 1966, HSCP has enrolled over 1300…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, Career Development, College Programs
Bryant, Theodore; And Others – 1976
This third volume of the final report on urban cooperative work education programs contains summaries or case studies of the programs in 19 secondary and 11 postsecondary schools throughout the country. (Volume 1, an overview of the entire study, describes the methodology and findings, and Volume 2 is a detailed analysis of the followup study of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Assessment
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The report describes the development of the Youth Training in the Private Sector Model for conducting on-the-job training for high school age youth. It is based on a two-year study of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS) Program in New York City, which placed potential dropouts in work/training positions in the private sector…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropouts, Educational Programs, Models
Davies, Mary F.; And Others – 1973
Many have expressed concern about manpower policy and programs as instruments of social change and with the role of manpower training in easing economic downturns, inflationary pressures, and poverty. This report is offered because seven years of experience in the Training and Technology (TAT) Program located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have provided…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged
Churchill, Ruth; And Others – 1976
An operational model developed as a result of a systematic analysis of three distinctly different Antioch centers--Juarez Lincoln University, Philadelphia Graduate Center, and Antioch-New England (the Keene Center)--is presented. Juarez Lincoln offers a 15-month program leading to the Master of Education degree. Many of the students are Mexican…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs