As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

Describes a vocational school on Chesapeake Bay where students get what amounts to on-the-job training on an amazing array of ships. (Editor/MU)

A 1-page description of a high school program conducted by North American Rockwell. (KR)

The article describes a program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in which students have an opportunity for practical experience in 25 on-campus or 8 off-campus work stations. Benefits to the employer and employee are discussed. (CL)

Every child deserves an education that allows the opportunity to achieve his or her dreams. This is the shared belief of The James Irvine Foundation and the Bridgespan Group. Unfortunately, California's education system is failing to provide young people the foundation for success in adulthood. Irvine believes that young people must be offered…

The head of the federal vocational training division in Switzerland describes his country's system of vocational education for young people who have completed their compulsory years of schooling. (MF)

This booklet describes four strategies used in successful recruitment and motivational programs for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants: (1) locate potential participants whose degree of disenfranchisement may be so great that they have given up and dropped out; (2) raise participants' expectations so that they can exercise more…

A summer work experience program for 10th and 11th graders with visual impairments includes a three-week residential-living experience in which students are evaluated in the areas of daily living, orientation and mobility, socialization, vocational abilities, and career planning and a six-week segment in which students work at paid jobs.…

Describes a program designed to stimulate potential dropouts and for making school more relevant to many disadvantaged and previously unmotivated 14- and 15-year-old students. (Author/RK)