Background: Despite the growing diversity among students in higher education, nonprogression to postsecondary education persists for many students with intellectual disabilities with low completion rates for those who do progress. Research suggests that occupational therapy (OT) support can be extremely beneficial in assisting students. Less is…

The educational benefits of embedding hands-on experience in higher education curriculum are widely recognized (Beard & Wilson, 2013). However, to optimize the learning from these opportunities, they need to be grounded in empirical learning theory. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of internships in Ontario colleges…

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

Describes the Saanich Internship Program for training teachers, which is exemplary in some aspects, and suggests modifications which could make it more nearly ideal. (AH)

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

This publication describes a proposed business management intern system designed to provide an alternative means of gaining employment skills for college-eligible high school graduates. In addition to discussing the design of such an internship program, the report also presents a proposal for conducting a four-year experiment to test and perfect…

The traditional approaches and structures of career programs must be made more relevant to students whose primary aim is obtaining a decent, satisfying job upon graduation. Educational innovations have represented an elitist view, and the aspirations of the "new students" from low-income and/or minority groups to obtain jobs that are not demeaning…

Cooperative educational arrangements are utilized extensively by vocational educators as a practical approach to learning. Some of these arrangements are work-study, extended campus, clinical experience, internship, Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE), and entrepreneurship. The work-study arrangement provides economically needy students with…

A need exists for consideration of the variety of regional problems and characteristics in training junior college English teachers. A region's needs can be surveyed and met best by junior and four-year schools that are close enough together so that the two-year colleges can specify their needs and the four-year colleges can meet them. Before the…

The final report on a program to encourage industry-university interaction in the materials processing industries presents the findings of various proposed activities, establishes some conclusions, and provides suggestions and recommendations for extending the task to the actual design and conduct of the project. The background in which the…

Divided into two parts, this document describes the comprehensive career education model at LaGuardia Community College (New York). Introductory material in part 1 includes a general overview of the project, a description of the U.S. Office of Career Education contract which enabled LaGuardia to expand its career education efforts, and a…

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) initiated a three-year Integrated Service Team (IST) Project to develop, test, and evaluate a model for learner needs assessment that incorporated institutional collaboration among postsecondary institutions in Vermont. Graduate student interns and faculty representatives from state and community colleges…

Designed to assist postsecondary area vocational-technical schools in developing internship programs, this manual provides basic explanations and steps to help understand the objectives of the Athens Tech internship program and how these objectives are met. An introduction contains a definition; purpose; explanation of benefits to student, school,…

This booklet provides guidelines for updating secondary school trade and industrial education teachers in the technologies of their teaching areas. The first part of the guide gives suggestions for organizing a staff development program. Next, specific programs that might be used are described, including the following: work experience internships;…