Rural communities face incredible challenges and emerging opportunities. Land-grant universities are well-positioned to assist by developing new approaches to inspire university students to become civically engaged, rural community members. With this aim, the Rural Scholars program at Oklahoma State University was developed as an opportunity for…

High school youth today typically spend all of their time within their own subculture. They identify with teenage youth more readily than with parents, teachers, or other adult influences. All too often, their careers are decided by chance or fate. Work experience educational programs allow the high school individual to make his own career choice.…

Describes the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) concept and history briefly, and discusses EBCE in Decatur, Joliet, and Sycamore (Illinois) with comments of support from students, the community, parents, and staff. (TA)

Educators sometimes fail to adequately bring about school community collaboration. To do so, cooperative policy adjustments must be made, such as the supportive network created in the Dallas "Adopt-a-School" Program. Too, implementation adjustments must be made in the development of an action-learning program such as the flexible…

The Ways to Improve Schools and Education (WISE) Project seeks to enhance school productivity by more effective use of community resources to meet school needs. Models and guidelines have been developed to promote collaboration among schools, businesses/chambers of commerce, other community organizations, state education agencies, and higher…

The Ways to Improve Schools and Education (WISE) Project sought to enhance school productivity by more effective use of community resources. WISE worked with three sites: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Austin, Texas; and Oklahoma City, in 1983-84. In 1985, three more sites were added: Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; and New Orleans,…

In an attempt to increase successful career education collaborative programming in elementary and secondary schools, representatives of several university counselor education programs planned and then implemented a training program for small teams. The ten teams chosen, all volunteers and consisting of business and government representatives and…

The article describes the career education program for senior high handicapped students in the Arlington (Virginia) public schools, including curriculum development, delivery activities, student placement, placement site selection, and learner outcome goals. (MF)

A series of articles discusses requirements for optimum growth of horticulture education programs. Includes beginning a program, simulating working conditions, the need for mechanical skills, starting a business, and other areas to be considered for a successful horticultural program. (JOW)

Discusses the changing role of school counselors and shifting emphasis toward career counseling. Counselors should use computer technology, get politically involved, and work closely with school and community to help young people find meaningful work. (JAC)

Describes a cooperative education program in the Midland Public Schools (Michigan) which permits the student to receive on-the-job experience along with in-school education at the same time. The authors note that many of the same techniques described could be used effectively in a public relations program for any school in any community to enhance…

This manual is designed to help in the development of community training programs modeled after Project Bridges of the Somersworth, New Hampshire, school system. An introduction briefly describes the program in which high school students spend ten hours per week at community training sites where they work directly with a training site supervisor…

The implementation of Experience-Based Career Education in Georgia's secondary schools highlights the need for initial assessment of existing curriculum structure (Georgia had an established K-14 career education program) and complimentary program development (Georgia enjoyed a strong school-community partnership). On this groundwork, EBCE has…

The equal and sweeping collaboration between the public schools and the business-labor-industry communities within the Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) demonstration project is explained in question-answer form. What the community consists of and is asked for, the requirements it must meet, and the resources provided it are discussed.…

The three papers compiled here provide educators and others involved in career education with some information regarding the relationship of career education and organized labor. The first paper, a conference speech by Peter A. Bommarito, President of the United Rubber Workers, presents an official policy statement on career education from the…