The 2-part document, published by the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, relates to the Smaller Communities Program conducted during 1969 to help alleviate employment problems in rural areas of Mississippi and to provide employment services in areas with varying economic problems. Based on data secured from Federal, state, and private…

This guide was prepared to assist administrators and directors of training in planning and operating programs to train or upgrade personnel in general household service occupations and special areas. Topics cover: (1) Purpose of the Training Program, (2) Planning the Program, which includes establishing the need, program objectives, and advisory…

To meet the increasing demand for teachers in vocational programs, most states have adopted requirements for certification different from that of teachers of academic subjects. What these qualifications are and how much they vary from state to state is information of much concern to vocational educators. This study sought to identify the…

For occupations demanding a great deal of skill, such as trades and crafts, apprenticeship has long been used as a training mechanism. A system requiring supervision under a master craftsman and some classroom theory, depending upon the level of job difficulty, an apprenticeship can involve training time from 2 to 7 years. Realizing the need for…

To determine whether predictors of promotion for graduates of baccalaureate degree nursing programs are different from the predictors of promotion for graduates of hospital diploma programs in the Navy Nurse Corps, data were gathered from the cumulative records of 474 (252 graduates of baccalaureate programs and 222 graduates of hospital programs)…

The Career Exploratory Program management system is designed to assist the local school teacher/coordinator in the organization and management of the program. The system defines and describes the accountability line from teacher-coordinator, through the Career Planning and Placement Center teacher/coordinator and the local school principal to the…

This manual has been prepared by the Cooperative Work Experience Specialist of the Instructional Services Division of Oregon, with the help of other work experience coordinators, to serve as a guide for teachers, coordinators, counselors, and community leaders who are responsible for establishing secondary and post-secondary cooperative work…

In the 1968 Manpower Report, the serious shortage of manpower in the health occupations field was pointed out. The goal of this project is to develop a curriculum package which can be used in preparing high school students for employment or continuing education in the health care occupations. The 3-year program will enroll 100 secondary-level…

Funded under ESEA Title I, this program was designed to provide income and work experience for disadvantaged junior high school youths age fourteen and above; and, to provide incentives which would motivate youths to continue their education through high school. The wages earned were intended to enable the student to provide for some of his…

Since the spring semester of 1974, the Work Experience Program has been operating in a number of secondary schools in Vancouver, British Columbia. This report is a survey of opinions from students, employers, parents and teachers regarding various aspects of the Work Experience Program. The purpose of the program is not to create job skills as…

The results of two surveys are summarized in this research report. They include: (1) an interview survey of a sample of employers of 100 or more personnel in four of Indiana's Planning and Development Regions, and (2) a questionnaire survey of a sample of companies employing from 50 to 100 personnel. The surveys were conducted in the summer of…

This is the fifth chapter of a six chapter report which discusses Chinese research and education in solid state physics, and their relations to technology and the other sciences. This specific chapter concerns the communication of information in the scientific community and the transfer of information to students and practical users…

Jobs and job satisfaction are the focus of this transcript of a radio series broadcast by the National Public Radio System entitled "Can You Get There from Here?" The second of a 4-part series on the relationship between schooling and jobs, this program centers around an interview with anthropologist Elliot Liebow, author of "Tally's Corner," and…

Discusses how labor and education can work together to help young people train for jobs, hold jobs, and continue their education. Focus is on state agencies coordinating provisions of the Youth Employment Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 and CETA/YEDPA programs. (MF)

Purdue University's Industrial Education Department cooperated with a county manpower center to provide on-the-job training for CETA clients in repairing Purdue's physical plant, thereby helping the manpower center clients and also the university's maintenance department. The article describes the training programs and skills instruction. (MF)