The panel reviewed five efforts to integrate education into the workplace through cooperation between private industry and government, use of university research resources to save jobs while providing students with hands-on training, and community and school joint preparation of teenagers for social and economic participation. (NEC)

This document contains the text of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, enacted October 19, 1984 to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Following an introductory section which states the purpose of the act and authorizes appropriations, the Act is organized in five sections (titles). Title I specifies vocational education…

The decline of American industry and its loss of competitive strength in the world economy has led to a need for stimulation of the economy through reindustrialization. Reindustrialization is a part of, or a tool for, economic growth. As such this term is directly linked to productivity and job creation. Several critical elements and procedures…

This policy study of official efforts to develop the relationship between education and employment in the United States focuses on both the transition of youth from school to work and the education and employment system for adults. Federal legislation is overviewed, and federal programs for youth to improve the relationship of education to…