In order to help vocational agriculture teachers develop competencies needed in giving instruction in off-farm agricultural occupations, 10 teachers were selected from Mississippi schools to help develop training programs, to conduct a home community survey, and to engage in a work experience program. After completion of their training, each…

Data are presented based on a follow-up study of graduate service assistants who received a master's degree in industrial education from Ball State University from 1953 through 1973. A total of 143 (97 percent) of these individuals returned usable questionnaires containing data related to their career patterns as well as evaluative data that…

The two areas of expertise involved in career education--education and work--make it obvious that career education cannot be effective if only educators are involved. That is why, from the beginning, career education has been pictured as a collaborative effort involving educators, the business-labor-industry community, and the home and family…

A survey questionnaire was mailed to all active Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the summer of 1975. Based on an internal analysis of the 3,479 respondents (a 66% return), the following findings represent the manner in which PCVs perceive their volunteer experience. Perceived volunteer accomplishments and morale are very high. Volunteers believe…

A review of the meanings of work, career, occupation, and job begin this monograph, which takes up other concepts such as leisure, play, and avocation. Because the theoretical basis of career education is considered to be career development theory, the essay discusses life stages, developmental tasks, and career patterns. The implications of the…

This resource guide is designed to provide the reader with information about work experience programs in Rhode Island and other states. The first section consists of a prototypic model (which was developed in cooperation with educators and other personnel concerned with work experience programs) for making work experience-based vocational…

Underemployment is the focus of this transcript of a radio series broadcast by the National Public Radio System, entitled "Can You Get There from Here?" The first of a 4-part series on the relationship between schooling and jobs, this program incorporates studio interviews with: James O'Toole of the Center for the Study of the Future; a ceramics…

A study of the usefulness of dental school admission criteria (grade point averages, standardized test scores, credits, and paternal occupation) as predictors of graduation found that they did not distinguish between graduates and nongraduates, suggesting that existing criteria should be reexamined and others considered. (MSE)

Eighteen categories of personal characteristics of Australian university vice-chancellors in three different eras (nineteenth century, early twentieth century, and postwar) are examined and the questions the profile raises about the shape and direction of the higher education system are discussed. (MSE)

Reports on interviews with 54 Black women in single and two-parent families concerning family life and paid work. Reviews findings in five areas: work problems and current occupations; early sex role attitudes; role models; present sex role attitudes and preferences; and strategies for functioning in multiple roles. (Author/ML)

Evaluation of the role of structured on-site training (SOST) in the Employment Training Panel's (ETP's) training program involved 10 case studies of active ETP projects with SOST, survey of 50 recently closed projects with SOST, face-to-face interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders, Delphi survey of consultants, and quantitative analysis…

This information brief discusses the benefits of work-based learning experiences for students with disabilities and the need to facilitate work experiences. It begins by examining employer perceptions of hiring and accommodating individuals with disabilities and stresses the need for refocused employment advocacy that is conducted less as a…

Based on pioneering work at a school in Sheffield, England, this book explores the universal issues of access and inclusion in employment and education for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It describes the challenges educators faced in establishing and running an integrated resource room for children with ASD within…

Data from two surveys were gathered to inform recommendations on how to increase women prisoners' employability upon release in Great Britain. The first survey focused on 567 inmates' work experience and training prior to and during incarceration, as well as their expectations for life outside prison. About 33% of the women worked immediately…

Students in two Australian Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes were surveyed (862 usable responses from 1,700 metropolitan students, 297 from 1,008 regional students). Focus group discussions were held with three metro and five regional students. A higher proportion of regional than metro students were volunteers or wanted to…