The process of designing a program teaching technical and professional communication skills should begin with a definition of the problem. An analysis of community needs and student backgrounds and interests should be made to effectively tailor the course to students and their career fields. Such consideration was given to two technical…

Developments in higher education over the past decade that threaten excellence in education are discussed by a dean of students at the University of Chicago. There has been a tendency to view the chief purpose of all higher education institutions as preparing students for jobs, or for community service, or for some particular societal need.…

This article illustrates imaginative ways in which the building blocks of a liberal education (the systematic intellectual disciplines) can be assembled into a school curriculum. The advocacy of liberal education as the distinctive work of schools does not require a curriculum of isolated academic subjects. The historic ideal of the school as a…

Developed as part of the Indiana Least Restrictive Environment Project, this document is concerned with issues relating to the education and community integration of persons with substantial handicaps. The paper traces the development of the movement to provide those special education services necessary to integrate the disabled into the general…

The final report documents activities and presents recommendations of the 2-year demonstration phase of a project to coordinate school-to-community transition services at the state and local levels for students with disabilities. The critical importance of the transition period and passage by the Maine Legislation in 1986 of the Transitional…

A counseling perspective is applied to issues concerning the preparation of high school students with learning disabilities for postsecondary education and employment settings. The combination of academic limitations and difficulties in getting along with others provide continuing problems for these young adults. Instructional and counseling…

The digest briefly summarizes the characteristics and current trends in special education programing for exceptional children. Exceptional children are described as having physical, mental, or behavioral handicaps and ranging in age from birth to 21. Requirements of basic federal legislation (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and…

This document is the final report of the first year's operation of a project designed to train literacy and adult education providers and organizations in business, industry, and labor to develop and implement effective workplace literacy programs. The program, which operates in Pennsylvania on the state and regional levels, initiates the…

Nine articles examine studies in Finnish higher education and the teaching of scientific thinking, with a focus on the relationship between university studies and career satisfaction. Information is presented on the years following the major expansion and reforms in the Finnish higher education system that took place in the mid-to-late 1960s. The…

The monograph describes 11 exemplary programs selected in 1987 by the J. M. (Jeremiah Milbank) Foundation from 154 programs providing vocational services to persons with disabilities. Programs were selected in four categories: community-based work adjustment, consortium-based transition, supported work in small communities, and work services for…

This handbook was developed to assist human services representatives in forming interagency linkages and planning more effectively for the transition of handicapped youth from school to adult life. A model is presented as a framework for conceptualizing the student's movement through various educational levels and for planning the transition from…

The materials contained in this document are for a five-lesson course intended to introduce Missouri secondary vocational education students to many of the specialty animal enterprises available in the field of agriculture. The lessons are on speciality animal production possibilities, profitability of specialty animal enterprises, comparative…

A historical overview regarding the deficits in education provided to accounting students precedes a discussion of research regarding the teaching of accounting. The need is shown for research on the teaching and learning of accounting as a strategy for curriculum improvement. Both learning and teaching theories are reviewed. Instructional…

A pilot study investigated what long-term significance programming at the Lewiston (Maine) Alternative Vocational Center (LAVC) has had on the occupational and employment status of special needs graduates. The sample (n=21) was the 1989 class of graduating seniors, who were interviewed and surveyed with a mail questionnaire. The participation rate…

A study of the terminees from Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Tennessee was conducted. Terminees were JTPA participants who either completed a program or left the program for some other reason. First-class mail survey forms were sent to 2,462 persons. Two follow-up mailings were sent. A return rate of 29.4 percent was obtained.…