A Federally funded national demonstration project, the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Joliet School District No. 86 and Joliet Junior College, has disseminated information via conferences and printed materials on its 15 exemplary career/vocational education activities to representatives of education, government,…

The author describes the major features and background related to implementing a career education program within an established educational program, which were involved in the establishment of a national demonstration site at the Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Center Project at Cumberland School District No. 77, Toledo, Illinois.…

In order to determine the feasibility of establishing demonstration centers for apprenticeship and skill training, extensive interviews were conducted involving union officers, employer representatives, vocational educators, and officials of federal and state apprenticeship divisions in this country and abroad during the period from 1971 through…

Planning, implementation, and demonstration/dissemination phases of the CIOEDC (Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Demonstration Center) project, Site A, Joliet, Illinois from February 15, 1974 to June 30, 1976, are included in this report. (The principle objectives of the project were to bridge the gap between the theoretical and…