The Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America coordinates scholarship programs for over 340 corporations, local scholarship programs, and experimental grants programs, distributing $19.8 million in scholarships to 21,000 students at 2,122 colleges and universities. Having an outside agency manage scholarship programs eliminates bias, reduces…

Developed and conducted three surveys: Graduate Survey of Educational Gains (GSEG), administered to 309 graduates of Christopher Newport University (CNU); Career Relevance Survey, administered to 163 graduates who completed GSEG; and Employer Perception Survey, administered to 34 employers of CNU graduates. Most significant finding was that…

Michael Kirst's article "Strengths and Weaknesses of American Education" in the April 1993 "Kappan" applauds U.S. efforts to become globally competitive. However, assembling cars in Mexico or exporting jobs to Korea blurs the distinction between national/corporate "teams." The issue is not talent but cheap talent.…

A two-stage test for selection bias was conducted for earnings equations reported in an earlier study using High School and Beyond data, with the same results. The potential for selection bias through the decision to attend college does not reduce the significance of findings that postsecondary vocational education favorably affects earnings. (SK)

Information from a study of experiences of 45 Australian university teachers supports a view of teaching that enables students to enter a field as practitioners. Alternative ways in which teachers see the content of their courses are described, with a focus on enriching students' experiences of the field. (SLD)

Boston's Project ProTech is a private industry council youth apprenticeship program that places high school students in hospitals to explore and train for health care occupations. Success factors include employer participation in student selection and a first-year orientation and job rotation scheme. (SK)

Describes the "Enterprise Ambassador Program" in Broward County, Florida, a business and educational partnership that familiarizes high school students with business concepts and practices. Argues for the merit of such programs. (HB)

Discusses the core components of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 and the key elements of successful school-to-work partnerships for students with deafness. Elements include supportive and committed leadership, committed staff, support from local and state governments, help from facilitators, and financial support from diverse sources.…

Analysis of a 1993 Statistics Canada survey indicates that private vocational training schools have become an increasingly significant contributor to the scope, quality, and effectiveness of postsecondary training and increasingly dependent on public funding. Proprietary institutions should be officially recognized as an integral component of…

Instead of perpetuating a macroeconomic labor-exchange model, educators must discover how to promote individual career planning for everyone. If each person has one lifelong career, we must help people get and keep jobs, while helping them plan future worklives and balance work roles and responsibilities with other life roles. (22 references) (MLH)

Examines the role of People's Colleges in Sweden in working with dropouts. Evaluates the effectiveness of labor market-oriented education in helping dropouts achieve employment or continuing their education. (SK)

Observations of mentor-apprentice interactions in a secondary youth apprenticeship program revealed the following: (1) apprentices had opportunities for socially shared, hands-on applied activities; (2) mentors instructed, demonstrated, coached, and explained; (3) no mentors had formal training in instruction; and (4) apprentices were able to…

The demand for employees capable of functioning in high-performance workplaces will only increase. There must be significant changes in technology-education curriculum for secondary programs and technology-education programs that participate in school-to-work and tech-prep programs. (JOW)

Interviews with British employers, employees, and teachers indicate that employers and employees find much of what is taught in General Certificate of Secondary Education math and English is not relevant. They desire practical mathematics, oral communication, and interpersonal skills. Teachers feel that education has a broader role than…

When business students undertake commissioned projects for business clients, they make a direct contribution while gaining real-world experience and enhancing educational objectives. Issues involved in student projects include time, relationship to other course components, teacher control versus student autonomy, and assessment. (SK)