Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, is a leader in the learning community movement. The college, which has run learning communities for many years and has a long history of implementing innovative programs for its students, is one of six colleges participating in the National Center for Postsecondary Research's Learning…

Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, is a leader in the learning community movement. The college, which has run learning communities for many years and has a long history of implementing innovative programs for its students, is one of six colleges participating in the National Center for Postsecondary Research's Learning…

To be effective in changing career/vocational education practices for handicapped students, inservice education should be targeted to school teams, involve participatory planning processes, acquire administrative support, use trainers as information givers and consultants, and capitalize on existing services. Successful approaches in New York…

This document presents descriptions of nine United States Office of Education-sponsored career education projects selected on the basis of effectiveness by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the Educational Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The project descriptions are arranged in an order which proceeds from…

Profiles are drawn of the 13,477 participants (75 percent nonwhite) in the Career Opportunities Program (COP) in 1972 in terms of their jobs, education, training, and performance as students. The report touches on how the 132 demonstration programs have affected local education agencies in the areas of differentiated staffing and new career…

This study evaluated an exemplary project in differentiated career education for gifted students. The three-phase program utilized laboratory exploration, observation of mentors, and working internship experiences. Evaluations of each phase were conducted with students, teachers, parents, and mentors. The evaluation design and results on each…

The article provides a summary of the concept of career education; summarizes evaluative criteria now being proposed for career education, identifying those which seem most appropriate for the elementary school level; illustrates currently available results of such evaluations; and presents some needs for evaluation and research. (Author/AJ)

Status and success of the Clark County School District (Nevada) K-12 Career Education Program are outlined. Phase 1 and phase 2 objectives are described in terms of steps used to insure success for the program component, processes, or activities used to achieve success, and status of the objective. Appendixes contain computer printouts of…

This 1971-1973 evaluation of Lincoln County's Exemplary Career Education Project showed that project students in grades 1-6 excelled control groups in language development, mathematics, and occupational awareness. Ninth and tenth graders improved in attitudes and competence related to career maturity. Student, parent, teacher, and community…

A College of Education, University of Georgia, project attempted to demonstrate the portability of the Georgia Model containing materials suitable for use in staff development for career education through conferences, provision of materials on the Georgia Model, and followup visits to participants. After studying the model, about 150 faculty…

A study was conducted to determine the effect of the locally developed program of career orientation implemented in the Danville, Virginia, middle schools in August 1976, on the career development and academic achievement of students in grades 5, 6, and 7. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used for the evaluation, and…

Presents criteria used to identify the nation's best evaluated exemplary career education activities and provides a list of the seven programs reviewed by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel and judged to be exemplary. (MF)

Results of three longitudinal follow-up studies of participants in Project CHOICE, a 14-week career development program for gifted and talented female adolescents, are reported in terms of the Project's objectives (identification of achievement barriers and intervention), status of participants in young adulthood, and comparison with other cohorts…

This publication presents an overview of all educational programs approved for national dissemination by the Department of Education. The projects are divided into the following sections: (1) adult education; (2) administration/organizational arrangements; (3) alternative schools/programs/bilingual/migrant programs; (4) basic skills--language…

This report summarizes findings and recommendations from Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) research, demonstrations, and evaluation conducted in FY 1980-81. Chapter 1 presents research, experimentation, and demonstration study findings for projects completed February 1980 through June 1981. Findings are grouped into three…