This report, annually prepared by the Executive Director of National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) for the NOICC Career Development Training Institute, provides current information on its performance. It identifies issues that require attention, and informs the Board of any NOICC management or policy decisions that may…

This document is a catalog of approximately 50 projects concerned with the transition from school to work of students with disabilities and sponsored by the Division of Personnel Preparation (DPP) of the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for the fiscal year 1992. The introduction notes that these…

This briefing paper provides 3-year trend data on Arizona school counselors' use of time. They hypothesis is that if career guidance were to be emphasized in the schools in accordance with the School-To-Work Act, a shift in counselors' roles could be expected to reflect more time spend on career guidance. An overview of the survey is provided…

The Real Game (TRG) Series is a set of six innovative career programs designed to bring interactive, experiential learning to the classroom. Each program is tailored to a specific range of age and grade levels. There are games available for three-year-olds up to adults. The basic aim of the series is to introduce realities of the adult world of…

We estimate the impact of compulsory schooling on earnings using the changes in compulsory schooling laws for secondary schools in West German states during the period from 1948 to 1970. The German school system streams students into three separate types of secondary schools and the change in compulsory schooling laws affected students in the…

Explains the purpose of the National Child Labor Committee and its project to increase and strengthen secondary cooperative education. Includes a discussion of current issues of concern and lists organizational goals. (Available from W. C. Publications Inc., P.O. Box 1578, Montclair, NJ 07042.) (NJ)

Discusses how education is linked with social production (i.e., manual and mental work) and reproduction (i.e., processes such as knowledge, skills, values, and labor power by which the existing material base and culture are reproduced). The "frame factor theory" is used to interpret how the classroom pedagogic process is formed. (RM)

Discusses the fundamentals of communication in general and suggests that business communication educators teach not only business writing techniques but also the fundamentals of communication, and that they work to gain academic legitimacy. (AEA)

In response to the critical need for alternative transitional services for the handicapped after formal schooling, the Montgomery County Job Training and Tryout Model was created to provide a job training and placement service for out-of-school people with disabilities. (SK)

Examines efforts to bring nursing up to professional status and higher occupational prestige through the development of a unique knowledge base for nursing; upgrading of the nursing curriculum; curriculum emphasis on interpersonal rather than technical aspects of nursing; and attempts to attain greater responsibility for nurses. (Author/MJL)

Presents guidelines for the practice of minority counseling, focusing specifically on objectives for counseling Puerto Rican youth in the areas of self-development, knowledge of the world of work, and career planning. (SK)

Outlines an assignment in which students write grant proposals to learn how writing is used in the "real world." (FL)

Efforts of various countries to link education with work are described. Socioeconomic and political aspects of work-education interaction are discussed. (RM)

To remain productive, workers require retraining and further education. Educational institutions must change from preparation to continuation and from youth orientation to age-less education. (SK)

Reviews some of the literature on the effects of years of schooling on overall earnings, earnings of Blacks and women, and nonpecuniary benefits (such as job security), and discusses literature on the screening effect of schooling on earnings. Concludes that schooling is a powerful predictor of individuals' economic well-being. (Author/RW)