This article is a summary of the final report (ED 138 810) of a National Student Educational Fund Study, 1977, to identify the current state of the art of education and work programs at the postsecondary level and to make recommendations and provide information for planning. (MF)

Describes the background of the federally led, locally focused Work and Education Initiative, the name given to the combined efforts of the Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Health, Education, and Welfare to help young people make the transition from school to work. Activities of the community education-work councils are summarized. (MF)

Developed and implemented through four regional educational laboratories, Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) provides secondary students with an alternative education program combining academic learning, community resource career experiences, and life skill development. Program evaluation of data from sixteen pilot sites indicates that EBCE…