Education and adult life/work are concurrent, not consecutive. To address this new paradigm, Work Keys provide a common language for education and business to prepare people for education and employment transitions. Work Keys components are job profiling, skills assessments, and targets for instruction. (SK)

A study of transition coordinators (n=39) to determine how state departments of education were addressing policy issues related to the transition mandate in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act revealed that coordinators are facing three major challenges: (1) productive interagency collaboration; (2) assisting local agencies in…

Educational reform in Australia has focused on policies bringing schools into closer alignment with workplace demands. It is designed to produce workers who are multiskilled, flexible, and innovative for workplaces that are integrated, nonhierarchical, and based on teamwork. (SK)

Discusses problems of uncertainty and imperfect information that affect organizational choices for schools. Develops two models suggesting that schools, whether public or private, resemble each other while offering diverse curricula and outcomes. Considers the question of institutional choice by applying transaction cost economics to the options…

Rather than decline, the issues are increased equality among industrialized nations, increased U.S. social inequality, and social implications of the new economy. The best way to tackle growing social inequality is by reshaping education to give workers the skills needed for this new economy. (JOW)

Describes the Healing Web project, which brings together nursing educators and nursing leaders to manage the transition from the present to the future of nursing education and service. The goal of the Healing Web is to create a values-based curriculum that could generate the support of all. (JOW)

Examines the efficacy of higher education as a remedial strategy for persons with work disabilities. Efficacy is measured by comparing individual treatment costs to net earnings impacts. Higher education was shown to be a cost-effective strategy for persons with work disabilities. Higher education should be given an expanded role within the…

A recent study of education-job mismatch among 487 Canadian university graduates are analyzed, and the implications in the debate over shortages of skilled employees are considered. It is suggested that the perceived skills shortage is rather a problem of inadequate skill utilization, implying greater employer responsibility. (MSE)

A comparison of 1980 and 1987 follow-up studies of graduates of a bachelor of secretarial arts degree program indicates that significant change has occurred: fewer women are entering the business education teaching profession, salaries have improved, and the "office of the future" has become the office of 1990. (JOW)

Certified school counselors, because of their educational training and requirements, have considerable knowledge about human development, assessment techniques, team planning and implementation strategies, career education, future work force needs, and community resources. This article shows how the counselor's role can be expanded to serve the…

The article proposes a transition program for mildly handicapped students which stresses appropriate placement and ongoing support systems. Following intensive remedial academic instruction in junior high school, students would be tracked into either the traditional high school program (with ongoing support) or an alternative program designed to…

A General Accounting Office study examined strategies used to prepare youth for employment in the United States and four competitor nations and found that other countries have higher expectations of students, invest heavily in education and training, have national training standards, and have higher literacy rates among young adults. (JOW)

Describes the engineering profession and recommends that parents encourage their children to be interested. Studies show most children do not hear much about engineering even though it is one of the country's best-paid professions. Some suggestions are offered for high school courses interested students will have to take. (SM)

Komacek discusses the importance of teaching transportation/automotive technology. Anderson provides models, content, and teaching methods that will benefit students, schools, and industry. (JOW)

Revises a conception of the relationship between psychological science and professional practice. The profession's knowledge base should be derived with diverse methods and from multiple sources. Describes the mutuality of science and practice, and presents an evolving framework for understanding the epistemology of practice based on cognitive…