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Download full textPURTZER, WAYNE R. – 1967
A 16-STATE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF 80 COLLEGES WAS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE POLICIES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNING GRANTING OF CREDIT FOR TECHNICAL SKILLS ACQUIRED IN OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, MILITARY TRAINING, AND WORK EXPERIENCE. USABLE RESPONSES WERE OBTAINED FROM 48 COLLEGES. ALL COLLEGES EXCEPT ONE GRANTED SUCH CREDIT FOR COURSES IN…
Descriptors: College Credits, Higher Education, Job Skills, Military Training
Collins, Joseph W., Jr.; Weisberg, Richard – 1966
This report presents an analysis of the special training needs of inmates in correctional institutions in recognition of the contribution that occupational training can make in restoring the ex-prisoner as a productive member of our society and reducing the great recidivism. The bulletin presents a profile of characteristics of prison inmates and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Educational Experience, Educational Needs, Employment Experience
Barlow, Melvin L. – 1963
Work experience programs in 18 California junior colleges were studied. Data for the 1962-1963 school year were gathered through personal interviews with representatives of the colleges. Information on the status of approved programs, superior practices, principal difficulties encountered, and suggestions for organizing and conducting work…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Organization, Program Administration, Program Descriptions
Atlanta Public Schools, GA.
Directed to school systems initiating a job placement program, the Atlanta Public Schools (Georgia) job placement manual discusses how a job placement program can provide a transition from school to work for all students leaving the public schools, as well as place students in paid and non-paid part-time work experiences as a part of their…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Guidance Programs, Guides, Job Placement
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1973
Suggestions arising from a curriculum development workshop led to a curriculum in hotel-motel management and services for high school students which aims to provide them with an opportunity to explore careers in the lodging and hospitality industries. Students will spend half the time in school study of three required subjects and the other half…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides
Barnett, Carl D. – 1975
The exemplary project was the cooperative effort of two schools in the western Kentucky coal fields to field test a program in mining and reclamation technology. Covering the first year of the project, the report describes the problem and scope of the study, the objectives pursued, the methodology, and the results obtained. The goal of the project…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conservation (Environment), Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Brooks, Suzanne – 1975
From January to August 1975, Los Angeles Valley College was involved in a Senior Adult Work-Study-Serve project which provided work-study employment for adults over retirement age. In addition to working at part-time jobs at a salary of $2.25 per hour for 15 hours per week, participants enrolled in a three-unit specially developed course, Career…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Models, Older Adults
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Career and Vocational Education Section. – 1975
The guide was intended to provide the information needed to implement or improve an 11th and 12th grade career education cluster program. The authors suggest that the guide will be most useful in schools where a long-range plan for career education has been prepared and adopted by the local board of education, and where it has been decided to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Grade 11, Grade 12
Hanson, Clark W.
The document presents suggested guidelines for planning and establishing vocational agriculture programs in South Dakota involving off-farm cooperative occupational experiences. Off-farm cooperative occupational experience programs are defined as utilizing actual on-the-job training in cooperation with an employer and supplementing the job…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperative Programs, Guidelines, Off Farm Agricultural Occupations
Levitin, Teresa E.; Quinn, Robert P. – 1975
Data obtained from a national, cross-sectional survey of the American work force were used to examine the relationship between age and an interview measure of psychological involvement with work (i.e., paid employment). For men, this relationship was curvilinear. Commitment began at a low level among the 16-20 year old men, rose to its highest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction
Garner, C. William; And Others – 1974
In the past a person with 12 years of work experience in an occupational skill to be taught was considered more desirable than a person with six years. The question of whether there is a correlation between the length of occupational experience as a valid indicator of the quality of the teacher is examined. There are two ways whereby a person with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education
Directions for Experimental Education in Higher Education. A Conference for Academic Administrators.
Ford, Ann S., Ed. – 1975
A wide variety of experiential programs that may be used to expand educational experiences is presented. These include service learning internships, cooperative education, volunteer programs, field-based, independent study, practice, work study, and University Year for Action. The participants in these proceedings outline the instructional…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Independent Study
Richardson, Ann; Sharp, Laure M. – 1974
The preliminary study explores the feasibility of a voucher system for purchase of skill training by participants in the Work Incentive Program (WIN) and describes the Portland, Oregon voucher system. Time limits on vouchers, voucherable occupations, dollar limits on vouchers, eligibility of clients, eligibility of vendors, timing and financial…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Programs, Educational Vouchers, Feasibility Studies
Sawhill, Isabel V. – 1974
As almost everyone knows, the earnings gap between men and women is very large. In 1972, the average woman earned only 58 percent as much as the average man when both worked full time. The author directs her discussion toward the large volume of research on the topic of the earnings gap and points to areas where further work might be done. She…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Females, Labor Force, Males
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1970
The focus of the third report of the National Advisory Council is on effectively preparing the disadvantaged for full participation in society. The United States has developed into a technological society with no place for the uneducated, unskilled individual. Though the present educational system works well for the majority, 20 percent of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Employment Services
