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Agan, Raymond J. – High Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Interdisciplinary Approach, Job Skills, Job Training
FRICK, DONALD L. – 1967
AN INTENSIVE VOCATIONAL COUNSELOR TRAINING PROGRAM LASTING FIVE WEEKS WAS HELD FOR 21 SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN COLORADO. COUNSELORS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, TO QUALIFY FOR COUNSELOR CERTIFICATION, AND TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COUNSELING. ADMISSION PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO COUNSELORS FROM DEPRESSED AREAS. THE PURPOSES OF THE…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Counseling, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged
Pratt, Arden L. – 1968
To ascertain the effects of the 1963 Vocational Education Act on program development in public 2-year colleges in New York State, data were collected from the 10 colleges which had received the most funds under the Act through January 1967. The approved proposals from these colleges were analyzed and divided into categories by occupational…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations, Enrollment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
This document is a transcript of hearings on the reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. The specific focus of the hearings was vocational guidance and counseling, as specified in H.R. 4974, the Vocational Guidance Act of 1981. Testimony was given by Jeffrey Drake, coordinator of career development in Flint, Michigan; Norman C.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Effectiveness, Disadvantaged
Stump, Robert W. – 1981
Vocational guidance and counseling is supported by the United States government through a variety of laws. The Vocational Education Act (VEA) and other federal legislation consistently provide funds for services to assist in the transition from education/training to work, from unemployment to employment, or from one career to another. Most…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
The Education Amendments of 1976 extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, extend and revise the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and make new provisions. Title I, which relates to higher education, includes amendments for community services and continuing education, college library assistance and library training and research, strengthening…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adult Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education