An attempt to improve the quality of the life that many socially disoriented youth live in a mojor urban area is described. (CK)

The University of Maryland hired engineering students to work in its physical plant department. This broadened campus involvement in energy management to include student and faculty groups; utilized workers familiar with campus buildings and their uses; and saved the cost of hiring a professional consultant or expanding staff. (CT)

Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)

The Bryant School Pre-Vocational Program provides job training opportunities for moderately mentally retarded students. The key element is site trainers who coach students on the job until they are capable of working alone. The program also seeks to improve community awareness and acceptance of the mentally handicapped. (SK)

The Youth Services Training Program in Westport, Connecticut, eases handicapped youngsters through the sometimes anguishing step from school to job. (Editor)

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)

Every young Swede, irrespective of goal or inclination, is exposed to the work world and the community through a blend of career and vocational-education programs. (Editor)

Dewey High's Banking Cluster may be unfashionably hard-nosed, but students find the discipline pays off in getting and keeping jobs. (Author)

Unable to afford a standard vocational education program, a small town Michigan school enlists local business firms to fill the gap. (Editor)

Property acquired by the Veterans Administration (VA) through defaults on VA-guaranteed home loans is repaired and redecorated under a housing rehabilitation program that also provides valuable vocational training for California secondary students. The student volunteers work under a qualified vocational instructor hired in accordance with a…

Describes the College for Human Services which trains a new kind of social worker, human service professionals who already know firsthand the problems of those they are trying to help. Students must qualify for federal funding and perform on the job as well as in the classroom to stay. (MF)