Three conferences on developing linkages between business and liberal arts college representatives are described, and conference recommendations and suggestions for the replication of the model are presented. The 1981-1982 Building Bridges Between Business and Campus conferences were designed to promote continuing business-college cooperation in…

The administrative and supervisory competencies that a medical technology student should acquire before graduation were investigated. Selected medical technology laboratory supervisors and administrative technologists in the Houston-Galveston, Texas area were surveyed to determine the tasks performed by the medical technology laboratory…

The two papers in this newsletter focus on youth employment and training programs in the United States and the government response to unemployment in Australia. In the first paper, "Looking at Other Countries, No. 1: United States. Youth Employment and Training Programs during the First Two Years of the Reagan Administration" by Ralph E.…

The roots of the interpersonal communication program at the University of Kansas (Lawrence) lay in the human relations training program initiated there in the late 1940's. Probably the major contribution of human relations to interpersonal communication was in its focus on experiential learning through laboratory training. In the fall of 1967, an…

A simple role playing exercise provides a device for helping public relations students to develop their own idea of what ethical behavior is, why it is important, and how it can become a practical part of their daily lives as public relations practitioners. A few basic premises apply to the problems of ethical behavior in organizations: (1)…

A study was conducted to determine those communication and general job skills necessary to adequately prepare college graduates for employment in politics. Subjects were 40 political party staff members of the Illinois General Assembly, who completed questionnaires concerning the communication and general skills they used in their jobs. In…

A study was conducted by the Speech Communication Association (SCA) Task Force on Career Opportunities to obtain and disseminate information about the skills required for a variety of jobs in nonacademic settings and nonteaching jobs within academic settings. Forty-two SCA members responded to a questionnaire in which they listed their job titles…

A survey conducted of a 25 per cent stratified sample of the University of Saskatchewan's teacher education program graduates, class of 1979, revealed an 85.7 per cent overall job success rate for those who actively sought employment as teachers. Statistics varied between Saskatchewan and other provinces, but the overall employment pattern for…

This publication reports the proceedings of a national symposium that examined from several perspectives the application of occupational adaptability and transferable skills in preparing individuals for tomorrow's careers. Five presentations made up the symposium. Jerry Short spoke on New and Changing Occupations: Jobs and Skills for Tomorrow and…

Several factors come into play in the discussion of foreign languages and improved prospects for employment. With regard to the question of proficiency, it seems that prospective employers are more realistic than teachers in their expectations. If an employee is good in the field he or she is in, further language training is often made available.…

In an address to the Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association, the Canadian Manpower and Immigration Minister emphasized the importance of vocational guidance for high school students. He cited the need for communication between the worlds of education and work, promotion of better cooperative programs, and subsidized job training for youth.…

Contemporary notions of career education are cast against some of the ideas and practices that have laid a historical foundation for it. Current definition and concepts are reviewed along with greater opportunities, shifts in occupational structure, vocational aspects, and vocational guidance. (LBH)

The shortcomings of America's public schools ripple through society at large. When schools are viewed as producers of human capital, their product is individuals prepared for additional education and the world of work. The role the business community should have in the schools is discussed. (MT)

This article begins with an evaluation of the economic performance of precollege schooling, and then looks at the four levels of formal public schooling: High school, middle school, elementary school, and preschool, distinguishing among students at high and low performance levels. Educational improvements at each level are suggested. (MT)

Outlines the gains made to date from school/business partnerships and analyzes limits of such partnerships in relation to individual school needs, reform efforts, and costs. Speculates about the effect of involving private vendors in the work of education. (CJH)