Postsecondary education and related provisions for special needs students in Britain are evolving. There is an ever-increasing range of opportunities, but these provisions have developed haphazardly and are far from the coherent national and regional plan advocated in the Warnock report. (SK)

Community colleges must deal with the academic weakness of students upon admission as well as their competency at graduation. Describes a program at North Iowa Area Community College designed to help students see life as a whole, gain basic skills needed in the world of work, and produce grades reflecting the attainment of those skills. (JOW)

If the goal of liberal arts education is the moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and spiritual development of the individual, it must also encompass the relationship between work, citizenship, culture, and personal well-being. Since the latter are also components of a broadly-conceived vocational education program, vocational education is also…

Discusses the results of a questionnaire on the development of adult education in Finland. Topics include trends and developments, objectives, content, methods, evaluation, structure, management, and financing. (JOW)

Indicts educational journals and teacher education programs for serving up esoteric gobbledygook and failing to provide practical experiences for prospective teachers. (Author/WD)

Explores the relevance of some research findings on employers' perceptions and use of educational qualifications in relation to employment potential and the implication for the school curriculum. (CT)

The experience of CETA in the Genesee Intermediate School District was examined to see what factors help youth make the transition from school to work. It was found that age and sex do not make a difference in success rates. The more training, the greater the success in job placement. (CT)

Investigates the relationship between curriculum choice and occupational choice. The lag between curriculum choice and degree attainment generally ensures a mismatch between new labor supply and employer requirements, even if students are quite responsive to labor market conditions. (Author/CT)

If we can bring ourselves to realize the intimate relationship between liberal and useful knowledge, between traditional and corporate education, we can overcome the mutual prejudice and distrust between university and corporation and tap vast reservoirs of human energy. (Author/IRT)

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data from 1979-92 revealed only modest evidence linking early job stability to better labor market outcomes. Those outcomes for adults in their late 20s to mid-30s appeared unrelated to early labor market experiences. The data did not support "job churning." (SK)

Review of school-to-work transition theories indicated the following: (1) theories previously based on socialization and structuralism now include individual choice and subjectivity; (2) individualization and postmodernism are increasingly important; and (3) the interface between individual agency, choice, and subjectivity needs further…

Reports results of a study of 30 businesses in the Cullman, Alabama area, investigating the entry-level math skills required in each and the deficiencies in math of employees in each business. Finds that local high schools do not provide students with the math education they need to be successful employees of area industries. (SR)

In a work force development component integrated into middle-school social studies, students operated a mock business, applying and interviewing for positions and receiving "paychecks." The activity used journal writing, self-evaluation, and Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) components to develop key employability…

Uses data from the 1992 follow-up to the High School and Beyond longitudinal study to identify the percentage of the observed earnings premium attributable to a bachelor's degree, extent to which this percentage varies based on characteristics taken into account in the analyses (e.g., ability, job tenure and experience, industry, and occupation),…

Interviews with representatives of 18 states offering registered preapprenticeship identified the following: policies of awarding credit for work, paying wages, and transferring hours to full apprenticeship; organizational arrangements; appropriateness; formal standards; indenture procedures; external funding/resources; and problems and…