The Orange County Technology Exchange Center brokers information county-wide between eight community colleges and four regional occupational training programs and technologically oriented programs. The Center has four main goals: (1) act as a clearinghouse to develop needed training programs, (2) promote and coordinate training resources, (3)…

An experimental Indian education program allows impoverished primary and secondary school students to earn money producing consumer goods as an adjunct to learning activities while in school. The program's organization and implementation strategy are described, and the social factors determining its success are examined. (AM)

A futures outlook for vocational special needs education encompasses (1) identification of instructional goals and objectives that promote functional skills, (2) recognition of the importance of vocational evaluation, (3) emphasis on social development, (4) development of transferable skills, and (5) operation of a longitudinal service delivery…

Recent statistics on the employment status of workers as it relates to their educational attainment show that even in a sluggish economy, higher education provides a considerable advantage in the job market. (JOW)

A 1978 survey of 1,178 private-sector employees and 781 public-sector employees gathered data on education, experience, higher education degrees, foreign versus domestic degrees, and ability. The higher returns to foreign and higher education degrees in the private sector indicate that such degrees have superior productivity. (RW)

Responds to a February 1982 "Comparative Education Review" article critical of IIEP's methodology in conducting case studies linking higher education and the world of work. Refutes the criticism, cites conflicting views, and emphasizes that IIEP's contribution in undertaking the studies was quite modest; national research teams played…

Many alternative forms of graduate education are arising. Some are being provided as universities recognize the changing pattern of educational and career interest, while others are offered elsewhere to serve corporate or proprietary interests. Maintenance of educational quality must be paramount. (MLW)

A study to determine the applicability of undergraduate education in jobs and to evaluate some of the benefits accruing to a college educated person in the labor force is discussed. The relationship between the usefulness of college training in jobs and levels of job satisfaction and income is examined. (Author/MLW)

Correspondence theories imply that there are specific characteristics, behavioral traits, and skills that an economy requires of its workers. These economic needs determine what goes on in all other sectors of society, particularly in the school. The hidden curriculum is then differentiated by economic class and economic potential. (JN)

This study provides information to assist counselors in helping girls with career exploration. Peer social modeling, reinforcement, and practice of modeled behavior can help girls explore traditional and nontraditional careers and learn decision making. (JAC)

The author presents three illustrations that show how co-op employers can help in adapting a course to the real world. The examples are (1) conventions of business letter writing, (2) justification reports, and (3) on-the-job terminology. (CT)

Drawing upon recent literature on educational inflation, overeducation, and the "diploma disease," positive and negative aspects of degreeism are examined. Suggestions are presented for addressing the problem of degreeism including: degree tax, incomes policy, improved labor market information services, and modified civil service…

The history of relationships between business and higher education is reviewed, and basic functions characterizing this collaboration are discussed: the production and distribution of teaching/learning services and of new ideas and products; the flow of human resources; and the process of strategy development. (MLW)

The current business/academe patterns and innovations transcend cooperative partnerships. They reflect the adoption of similar objectives, the overlapping of functions, the copying of organizational structures, the appointment of counterpart personnel, the emergence of colleges as companies and companies as colleges, and the proliferation of…

Analyzes some of the main trends in youth employment and unemployment in recent years. Underlines the massive rise in youth unemployment and discusses its causes and the groups which have been hardest hit by it. (CT)