Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, is a leader in the learning community movement. The college, which has run learning communities for many years and has a long history of implementing innovative programs for its students, is one of six colleges participating in the National Center for Postsecondary Research's Learning…

Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, is a leader in the learning community movement. The college, which has run learning communities for many years and has a long history of implementing innovative programs for its students, is one of six colleges participating in the National Center for Postsecondary Research's Learning…

Outlines a model for cooperative programming and discusses the roles of school professionals, peers, and the community. (JOW)

Answers questions about Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) projects concerning such topics as success rate of projects going before the JDRP, appeal procedures, and accepted level of statistical significance. (CT)

To be effective in changing career/vocational education practices for handicapped students, inservice education should be targeted to school teams, involve participatory planning processes, acquire administrative support, use trainers as information givers and consultants, and capitalize on existing services. Successful approaches in New York…

This document presents descriptions of nine United States Office of Education-sponsored career education projects selected on the basis of effectiveness by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the Educational Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The project descriptions are arranged in an order which proceeds from…

Based on data from four successful high school Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) programs, the document considers the problems that staff might encounter in incorporating handicapped students in EBCE, presents alternative strategies for solving these problems, and provides the basis for implementing EBCE programs that would serve…

Reviews the development of the experience-based career education (EBCE) model; describes the development of the EBCE project at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama; presents the results of the project; and discusses insights gained from it. (JOW)

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,…

Addresses are given for the 4 Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) demonstration sites, the 12 EBCE pilot sites, and the 9 market demand sites. Names and addresses are provided of persons who may be contacted for further information. (AJ)

The book describes a project designed to develop, pilot, and assess a prototypic career education model to prepare handicapped children and youth for new careers in communication and media-related occupations. Some methodological issues are described, along with the construction and evaluation of the program model and the development,…

Prepared for use by teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and career education personnel, this source book is designed to stimulate ideas for program planning, to help them become acquainted with the kinds of activities other schools have found to be successful, to provide personnel from other school districts to contact who have worked…

From July 1974 to June 1975, the mobile training unit traveled throughout Indiana displaying career education related materials and providing counseling services to groups of youth. A three-page review discusses project goals, methods, and findings. The project attempted to provide educators with up-to-date information about career education…

Profiles are drawn of the 13,477 participants (75 percent nonwhite) in the Career Opportunities Program (COP) in 1972 in terms of their jobs, education, training, and performance as students. The report touches on how the 132 demonstration programs have affected local education agencies in the areas of differentiated staffing and new career…

This document presents the characteristics of the Planning for Life Program, conducted by the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and the National Consortium of State Career Guidance Supervisors. Planning for Life gives national recognition to selected coalition-based programs that have successfully implemented complete and effective career planning…