The authors of this issue provide a comprehensive treatment of the alternance training concept. This new concept is used in the European Community to ease the transition of young people into the working world and to furnish them with good occupational qualifications. (Availability: CEDEFOP, Bundesallee 22, D-1000 Berlin 15) (SSH)

The focus of this paper was to determine the extent of the agreement among students, coordinators, and job supervisors on the importance and the perceived extent of the attainment of work experience education goals. (SSH)

Discusses a study that explored the attitudes and perspectives of training managers concerning their educational priorities, the costs and benefits actually experienced in cooperative programing, high priority areas for education-industry collaboration, and barriers to effective cooperation. (JOW)

Surveyed graduates (N=46) of an undergraduate rehabilitation curriculum. Found that 93 percent were employed, with 81 percent in positions related to their educational background. Education and longevity were important factors in upward mobility. Graduates seemed to prefer a well-organized but broad and flexible curriculum that emphasized…

Describes an internship program at Colby-Sawyer College that prepares women for entry-level positions leading to management. The program develops the administrative ability needed to make decisions, solve problems, think logically, apply analytical methods, and understand human relations. (JOW)

The author thinks that the microcomputer will combine with the concept of lifelong learning to cause sweeping changes in our concepts of education, training, and career development. He further argues that these three areas are going to lose their separate identities and become parts of a comprehensive system. (SSH)

Examines the growing combination of communications technology and computer technology and the impact these advances have made on our personal and vocational lives. Focuses on possible consequences for career guidance professionals, who must become better equipped to explore future trends and help workers adjust to new roles. (Author/JAC)

The social and organizational consequences of the rapid spread of telecommunications and computer technology promise a social revolution that could substantially reduce alienation in the work force. Educational attainment, scheduling, and other factors related to technological advancement can affect work satisfaction and opportunities. (MSE)

Since career education encompasses education and training for life roles, including daily living skills and academic and vocational skills, it must become better integrated and focused for visually impaired children during the early years. Currently available career education materials are not always suitable for residential school students. (SEW)

The counselor education staff at Georgia Southern College conducted two intensive follow-up studies to determine how graduates of the program viewed their preparation. Procedures used in the study are described, and results are presented. (PP)

Colleges must seek a curriculum that prepares a student for a career as well as citizenship. A trilinear curriculum is suggested that combines equal parts of general, integrative (theme-oriented, interdisciplinary, and elective), and vocational courses and that begins with precollegiate education. (Author/MSE)

The Bunumbu project was designed to improve the quality of the rural primary education system in Sierra Leone (Africa) through an improved teacher-education program. Primary school teachers, trained in community development skills, adult education, agricultural sciences, crafts, rural technology, and home economics serve in pilot schools in 20…

Comparison of national data for 1960 and 1976 on educational requirements of jobs and workers' educational attainment, race, and sex indicates that overeducation has increased recently, chiefly because educational attainment has grown. Whites are still less overeducated than Blacks in jobs, but the gap has narrowed. (Author/RW)

Numerous studies on the education of teachers indicate that, as students advance educationally, their attitudes and beliefs tend to become increasingly liberal and progressive. However, the impact of the college education is "washed out" by the teaching experience. (JN)

Beginning teachers often experience "transition shock," a paradoxical situation in which they do not know how to apply theories they learned to classroom situations. A case is described showing a young teacher's dilemma regarding disciplinary actions to be taken with a student. (JN)