Viewing job placement as the keystone in a metaphoirical arch which represents the school's career development services (on one side, the educational structure; on the other, the world of work), the author sees it both as a source of feedback for evaluation and as a way of showing accountability. (Author/AJ)

The article describes a postsecondary agribusiness program at Mankato, Minnesota, where job placement literally begins before the student is accepted into classes. (Author/AJ)

The article reports on a survey made by the Center for Occupational Education at North Carolina State University which turned up a variety of services that local government employment offices have rendered to schools. (Author)

The American Vocational Association's Guidance Division Interest Group on Placement and Development's past three years' activities are summarized; placement services should be cooperative and comprehensive, relative to an employment region, and eliminate multiple employer contacts. A new national model, "Placement Services Training Curriculum…

The resurgence of interest in vocational guidance and emergence of various instructional specialists in career development at all levels have pointed to the need for a team of guidance workers and a guidance curriculum. Through this need has emerged a new and broader guidance delivery system. (Author/DS)

Provides information drawn from findings of several experimental projects for disadvantaged youth that concentrate on short-term orientation as a prelude to fast placement in jobs or training. (SB)

The article reports John L. Baird's review of the repercussions of the energy crisis. Other speeches summarized deal with follow-up and placement in Florida (where it's the law) and Michigan's comprehensive assessment of occupational programs in all public community colleges. (Author/AJ)

Schools need to develop opportunities for young people to test real-world alternatives and to prepare properly to cope with the rapidly changing world of work. Three broad goals of educational objectives are identified: 1) improve quality of career choice, 2) improve entry opportunities, 3) improve individual's opportunity to progress in his…

How vocational educators can help turn the dropout toward becoming a producer rather than a dependent on society. (Author/MU)

Brief description and short-term evaluation of the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program. (Editor)

Reports the outcome of a study designed to assess the status of placement and follow-up for secondary school youth and to identify the characteristics of the programs found to be successful or "exemplary." A table summarizing the placement activities found in the schools involved in the study is included. (BM)

Calls for an end to all divisiveness between vocational and nonvocational programs so that business and office education can get on with attacking more serious problems. (Editor)