Purpose: Although workplace learning is an important part of professional learning, little is known about the unethical aspects of workplace learning. This study aims to describe students' learning experiences from in-field training in the police. This paper aims to examine how workplace learning can challenge proper ethical professional…

This study identifies the quality job indicators and employer training required to provide appropriate support for students with learning disabilities (LD) to obtain and maintain employment. A consortium of collaborators was established from a university and state workforce commission grant project, a school district and 55 employers. Employers…

Job search, job placement, and on-the-job supports are valuable services provided to many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to obtain work in the community. Investigating those who were unemployed at the time of service entry, this study seeks to extend understanding about the effect of services. Using extant data, a…

Purpose: This study examined demographic and rehabilitation service variables affecting employment outcomes of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) receiving services from state vocational rehabilitation agencies. A secondary purpose was to determine whether there are disparities in services and outcomes between European American and Hispanic…

This study examined the predictability of two employment outcomes--employment status and weekly earnings at closure--from consumer demographic, medical, and service variables for multiple groups of vocational rehabilitation (VR) consumers with HIV/AIDS retrieved from the RSA-911 data for fiscal years 2002 through 2007. A logistic regression…

Twenty-three matched pairs of high-school students with mental retardation who obtained gainful employment were compared. One member of each pair remained successfully placed for at least 6 months, and the other did not. By selecting pairs from model programs under the transition-from-secondary-education initiative of the U.S. Office of Special…

Surveys by the Polytechnic of Wales recruitment and training research unit indicate that school/industry linkages in Britain are still very weak, despite governmental efforts. Schools must use better marketing to help employers understand education; they must also continuously monitor their programs to ensure they are teaching practical skills.…

Studied the effectiveness of off-campus recruiting in personnel selection. Suggests that after the campus interview, site visit interviews, employment-offer communication, and initial employee training are important for companies seeking new college-trained personnel. (JAC)

Examines how school counselors rate the appropriateness of postsecondary options for learning-disabled students utilizing an imaginary scenario. Concluded that school counselors ranked vocational training as most appropriate. On-the-job training and college training were next. Work-adjustment training and direct-job placement were last. (CRR)

The study involving 68 special education directors was conducted to determine what characteristics and abilities were considered by work-study coordinators to be important for successful on-the-job training (OJT) and to explore the relative merits of various tactics suggested for vocational placement of the mildly retarded in OJT programs. (SBH)

This evaluation examines the degree to which human factors support, relate to, or impede the successful achievements of Polaroid's Inner City mission to provide on-the-job training for the career development of disadvantaged workers. The program is cited as a model for industry-based career education. Background information is provided on the…

The purpose of this study was to describe the recent extent and distribution of work experience of young people in Scotland, using data from the Scottish Young People's Survey (SYPS). SYPS, based on a 10 percent sample of all schools in Scotland, is conducted biennially in spring by mail and achieves a response rate of around 80 percent. In the…

The Employment Retention Program is a supported employment program involved in job placement and intensive worksite training of graduating handicapped youth, emphasizing retention strategies that transfer supervision to nonhandicapped co-workers and that promote social interactions between handicapped employees and co-workers. At followup, 60…

The final report of the Transitional Employemnt Experimental Model (TEEM) Project, a research and development project providing a potential model for a large scale manpower absorption program in times of economic need, is presented. One major purpose of the project was to demonstrate the viability of providing suitable job placement for the…

Public Service Employment slots can be developed in three ways: (1) by establishing a pool of jobs into which trainees can be placed; (2) by developing individualized slots for each trainee; (3) by combining the pool and individualized approaches. In terms of administrative and cost efficiency, there is little difference between the pool and the…