The Graduate Apprenticeship Scheme places new college graduates in small and medium-sized enterprises and provides skill development workshops to enhance their employability. Employers thus have a low-risk means of evaluating potential employees and graduates gain experience that helps them avoid underemployment. (SK)

The responses of 1,012 baccalaureate graduates to a questionnaire survey one month following graduation were analyzed to determine the effectiveness of supplementary career preparation experiences. Effectiveness was defined as securing baccalaureate level employment. Work experience related to career goals was the only experience of universal…

Discusses the vital role played by community colleges in preparing the U.S. workforce, particularly immigrants and other nontraditional students. (EV)

Interviews suburban Chicago, Illinois preservice and inservice teachers to explore reasons why they chose teaching as a second career. Finds these second-career teachers are activated by altruism and perceived personal benefits; they see themselves as different from first-career teachers in subtle but significant ways; and they believe they can…

Of 368 British undergraduates surveyed, 59% worked part time, 95% of them for financial reasons. Although many found working beneficial, most would quit if they could and believed working was detrimental to their studies. Nearly one-quarter could not stay in school without a job. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

Discusses the increasing link between education and industry and reports on the World Council of Associations for Technological Education (WOCATE) meeting in Germany designed to stimulate international partnerships that unify academic studies and practical work. (AIM)

A 10-year study of the relationship between measures of college education and work performance for police officers (n=84) showed a significant relationship with promotions and supervisory ratings. There was an inconsistent relationship with measures of disciplinary action. (JOW)

Interviews with 21 school-to-work partnership directors identified initiatives that assist minority youth: (1) school based (integrated curriculum, staff training, mentoring, career exploration, parent involvement); (2) work based (diversity training, mentoring, career development, equity policies); and (3) sensitive workplaces (successful…

Computer-Aided Selection and Evaluation Psychometric Test is a person-centered approach to helping long-term unemployed young people through a series of interventions aimed at awareness, responsibility, and reenforcement. The program integrates process-and-task and participation-and-trust approaches. (SK)

In the discourse of educational policy and practice, applying the term "disaffected" to young people stigmatizes them, and mentoring with the goal of change reinforces the view that there is something wrong with them. Uncritical use of "disaffected" masks real problems in the transition from school to work. (SK)

Describes an existing telementoring project formed between a large computer-based company and a transition class in a small rural high school and provides information about the steps necessary to implement such a program. (Author)

The German dual system, integrating classwork and real work activities, tends to result in high placement rates in training-related jobs and low future unemployment. Graduates working in jobs unrelated to training were substantially less likely ever to have a job using their training. (SK)

Invetsigates whether part-time employment by A-level students had any effect on their final grades using a value added analysis. Results indicated a decrease of A-level grades when the hours worked by a student exceeded an average of 15 hours per week. (Author/CCM)

Outlines causes of women's disadvantage in the workplace and the inadequacies of career development models for women. Addresses themes related to women's learning at work: hidden curriculum in the work context, identity development, relationships and connection, and mentoring. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Discussions with 26 Nebraska adult basic education practitioners, 14 survey responses, and interviews with 3 administrators obtained their views of the impact of welfare reform. They have concerns about the emphasis on economic over individual development, the quality of education and training for welfare recipients, time limits on learning, and…