E-Learning eliminates time and distance barriers, creating universal learning-on-demand opportunities. Cisco Systems has invested over $50 million in the world's largest e-learning laboratory. Starting with 64 academies in 7 U.S. states in 1997, the Networking Academy program now serves 140,000 students in over 5,800 sites in 96 countries. (MLH)

Management development programs are often focused on the participant rather than on the sponsoring organization or employer. Employers send people for the wrong reasons and are unhappy with the results. Providers of Masters of Business Education degrees can make the program more meaningful to all concerned. (Contains 16 references.) (JOW)

Transitional learning--a process of adaptation, growth, distinction, and resistance to changing circumstances--is illustrated through research on women's biographical learning related to work and on socioeconomic integration of young adults. Transitional learning is aimed at creating meaningful connections between individual life and society…

Although China's fast-changing economy and Communist Party decrees are promoting vocational education, debate is raging over what kind of vocational education is most appropriate for rural areas like Luoyang, whose occupational structure is becoming increasingly industrial. Since larger electronic enterprises favor generally educated students,…

Uses data from 1989 Uruguayan Household Survey to investigate earnings/education relationship. Mincerian earnings functions fitted to nearly 10,000 workers reveal a 9.2% private return rate for each extra year of schooling. Females realize a full percentage point over males; private sector employees enjoy a 5 percentage point advantage over public…

Despite evidence linking youth unemployment to labor market conditions rather than poor educational preparation, British policies have focused on education and training. Hard-core youth unemployment needs a wide range of policies concerned with the economic, social, and physical context. (SK)

Discusses the current science education reform movement in the United States and identifies some of the pathways seen as contributing to a new vision of science education. Focuses on the changing image of science, scientific literacy, linking science education with the work place, modernizing science curricula, and future policy in science…

Surveys print and broadcast journalism educators and professionals. Finds a gap, though not a particularly wide one, between the professional journalists and journalism educators concerning courses journalism programs should emphasize, important competencies for journalism students, mid-level professional training, the importance of various…

Presents suggestions from four former presidents of the National Association of Developmental Education on how educators might use a developmental education background as an asset rather than a liability in career development. Suggestions include: (1) broaden your view of developmental education; (2) generalize your skills; and (3) don't run…

Applies production functions with education externalities to East Asia, testing for net effects of policy differences concerning enrollments vs. expenditures and for feedbacks through education's effects on rates of physical and capital investment. Since most countries had universal primary education early, the rate of secondary-education…

Theme articles related to the role of career education in the agriculture education curriculum include a definition of terms, the relation between career education and agricultural education, implementation of career education programs, agricultural education and school-to-career, youth leadership in career education, service learning, and…

This synthesis of articles in the special issue highlights the influence of context and psychological mechanisms on school-to-work transition, especially the effects of sociohistorical changes, gender, occupational aspiration, and parental socioeconomic status. Concludes that forming occupational aspirations and entering a career are complex…

Comments on findings from a European survey of graduate employment and illustrates the difficulty of trying to make international comparisons of higher education's contribution to employability. Suggests that comparison within the United Kingdom is also problematic and provides evidence of the impact of factors outside higher education's control.…

Explored the relationship between community college faculty and their local labor markets using a national survey that provides systematic data from a large number of faculty (n=1,725). Faculty engage in a range of relatively low-level connecting activities; stronger connections are rare, and faculty receive minimal institutional support for such…

Examines the importance of declining economic conditions in school attendance decision making for households with teenagers aged 12-17 in Costa Rica, using a reduced-form model. The 1981-83 economic recession coincided with a large attendance drop. Household labor market characteristics and student characteristics also significantly determine…