Without structured guidance activities, students may drift through high school without learning about all of the career opportunities available and without gaining the skills that can help them take advantage of those opportunities. They may also be in danger of failing to continue on to postsecondary education, or even worse, of dropping out of…

The Developmental Strategies for College Readiness and Success Resource Guide was produced by the Education Commission of the States and the Southern Regional Education Board for the "Countdown to 2015: Developmental Strategies to Advance Readiness in the Common Core Era" convening held April 21-23, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The…

As attitudes of an organization's members are important in attaining its goals, this study proposed to determine faculty attitudes to comprehensive college aims. Selected as subjects were 100 full-time instructors from Missouri public junior colleges. The investigator expected to find transfer faculty more favorable to general and transfer…

Maintains that the practices of various school systems are not directly transferable to other societies, in part, because to be effective, each educational system must closely reflect the ethos of those it is called upon to serve. Examples of failed attempts to transfer practices are included. (JDH)

A comprehensive career education program (K-14) was developed and implemented in a three-county non-urban area of Missouri. Curriculum guides were developed by teachers from the 10 participating schools in career awareness (K-6), career exploration observation (7-9), secondary component (10-12), and occupational cluster curriculum development.…