Stresses the importance of teaching prospective technical writers to develop, organize, and present a technical communications portfolio. Provides a checklist on portfolio construction for students. (ARH)

Praises David Kearns' education recovery plan for acknowledging the plight of ill-served low income children, assigning an appropriate federal role, and attempting to spark debate among presidential candidates. Anticipates criticisms (blaming schools for putting the nation at economic risk, puzzling contradictions concerning school choice and…

The author reports on a survey of recent undergraduate students with and without cooperative education experience. Results indicate that cooperative education experience is not a significant factor in recent students' relative development of a career identity. (CH)

The authors are concerned that vocational teachers have not educated themselves and students for technological advancement. They discuss the problem and offer solutions in the form of (1) cooperating with the business community, (2) returning to the workplace, (3) participating in inservice workshops, and (4) planning course materials for skills…

A survey of 19 British companies documented their use of education and training programs. Questions covered such areas as (1) expenditure rates, (2) strategy and policies, (3) appraisal and budgeting, and (4) accounting practice. Problems and potential changes were solicited. (CH)

Profiles Rheta Grimsley-Johnson, tracing her journalism career from the eighth grade to her present position as a columnist for "The Commercial Appeal." (AEW)

Presents a theory of the relationship between education and the economy that attempts to go beyond those theories that posit either that education is autonomous of the production structure or that stress is a functional correspondence between the nature of education and the workplace. (Editor/CT)

Describes the range of cooperation which exists between Comberton Village College and local industry. Also describes a new videotape on this topic, Links', which is being distributed to all secondary schools in England and Wales. (JDH)

Reviews the youth unemployment problem and focuses on employment and training programs. Discusses, in separate sections, the causes of the youth employment problem; demand-related causes; supply-related causes; the effectiveness of strategies for assisting disadvantaged youth; linking young workers with employers; and implications for policy. (KH)

A typology of the vocational intent of various college courses, or the stated objectives and curricula of courses as they relate to specific occupational fields is proposed that makes distinctions about vocational specificity, selection for employment, and training for employment. (MSE)

Discusses some of the problems encountered in attempting to achieve the right blend of theory and practice in teacher preparation programs. Offers suggestions on ways to improve the theory-practice balance, and observations about the nature of this blend. (DMM)

Examines the two major clusters of intellectual tasks facing education students, setting forth a theory/practice schema. Education students' tasks include learning a different reason for learning, learning what causes educational events to happen, and learning to base decisions on both theoretical and practical knowledge. (DMM)

Describes characteristic literacy problems of the U.S. workforce and reports on industry's efforts to close the gap between the skills brought to the job and those required on the job. (HOD)

Competency Based Education (CBE) is reviewed. Competence is defined as a complex network of knowledge, performance, and attitudes. Methods for competency identification and validation are reviewed, and assessment at all learning levels is emphasized. (Author/MLW)

Argues that advertising copywriting did not suddenly appear in its entirety, that it came from literature, and that it has a great deal in common with literature and with the writing of Hemingway in particular. (FL)