To show communications as a total system, West Virginia University's Technology Education Program developed a course called Career Exploration in Technology (CEIT) through an agreement with the Mason County (West Virginia) Public School System. Two graduate students describe their CEIT program, now a required ninth-grade course at Wahama High…

The authors describe the Missouri Training Plan Guide used by teacher-coordinators in negotiating with employers to develop a plan for cooperative distributive education students' school and work experiences. Students may participate in completing the plan, which is also used for evaluation. (MF)

This paper reviews the historical metamorphosis of the concept of treatment and emergence of TASC as a federal strategy for effecting a criminal justice-health care interface to deal with drug abusers. Impact of the TASC program is discussed as well as implications for future efforts. (Author)

Describes the approach used by one school district for increasing parent involvement in the schools and improving community understanding and support of school personnel and programs. (JG)

Discusses aspects of providing nutrition education to young children including staff preparation, benefits to the children, teaching techniques, the home economists' role, and licensing. (TA)

Describes a cooperative program between small school districts in Grundy County to provide ideas, techniques, and resources to implement career education. Program activities described include teacher in-service sessions, the cooperative resource library, a newsletter, a resource guide, special projects, and a one-and five-year vocational plan. (TA)

Through cooperative effort, the Missouri education community and the Missouri state bar have developed a K-12 program of law-related education and have concentrated on inservice and presevice teacher education to prepare teachers for the teaching of law-related concepts. (MJB)

Inherent in the meaning of baccalaureate dental hygiene education is the offering of upper-division courses in the theory and practice of dental hygiene itself. Restructuring the associate programs as strictly two-year, lower-division programs would require standardization of baccalaureate programs as strictly upper-division curricula. (MLW)

Describes the lengthy process of planning for library/media automation at the nine community college sites comprising the Maricopa Community College District, Arizona. Examines the computing environment and existing communications network which made this automation possible. (Author/DMM)

Because of high unemployment, western European governments have created temporary employment, provided on-the-job training, and helped the unemployed set up businesses. The authors examine initiatives to illustrate types of employment programs and discuss how the schemes are designed, implemented, and financed by looking at structure, content, and…

Offering an educational program through a corporation enables an institution to recruit a large number of new, previously unserved students at one time. A program that helps New Jersey state employees earn degrees at Thomas A. Edison State College is described. (MLW)

The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) public school system is the first public school system in the United States to offer a peace studies program to all elementary and secondary students. The program, including the planning and development process, is described. (RM)

Discusses the rationale and describes the components of a three-phase approach in which an instructional improvement consultant and training instructor work as partners in the process of building and refining the teaching skills of classroom instructors in training settings. (MBR)

The University of Utah School of Medicine offers a supplemental undergraduate Seniors Honors Program in Surgery. The goals of the program have been to allow students to make more informed career choices, obtain positions in competitive residency programs, and a head start in postgraduate surgical training. (MLW)

Parent orientations, planned to better the parents' understanding of the freshman-year experience by providing a comprehensive view of campus life, are described. The orientations are aimed at assuring parents that their children have chosen their college wisely. (MLW)