Six papers address issues in the transition from school to work for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled young adults. The first presents a three-stage vocational transition model emphasizing functional curricula, integrated services, community-based instruction, involvement of parents and adult services representatives, and a diversity…

Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) and Private Industry Councils (PICs) were surveyed concerning their implementation of Exemplary Youth Employment Programs described in Section 205 of the Job Training Partnership Act. Surveys were mailed to over 500 agencies. Of the 219 responding agencies, 77 percent were operating at least one Exemplary Youth…

Results of the 1981-82 recruiting trends survey conducted by Placement Services at Michigan State University are summarized. A cross-section of 428 businesses, industries, government agencies, and educational institutions were surveyed to determine trends in hiring new college graduates, expected starting salaries, campus recruiting activities,…

The purpose of this paper is to assist vocational educators at all levels as they make long-range plans and policies that have an impact on vocational education programs and their relationship to worker productivity. In the first section a study of worker productivity analyzes trends and then measures and analyzes the determinants of productivity.…

Findings are reported of a survey of the University of Tennessee School of Social Work (UTSSW) alumni conducted during 1978, which sought to identify ways to improve the school's graduate program, to strengthen its ability to serve its graduates, and to develop further knowledge in the area of social work manpower. The first paper, "A…

The reduction of social inequalities through education is widely believed to be possible. In the past decade however, social scientists have increasingly questioned the posited conventional relationship between education and socio-economic equality. Factors other than the number of years and/or the quality of schooling have to be considered in…

The literature on the relationship of women's studies to career development and vocational outcomes is reviewed, and needs and strategies for future research are considered. The sociological studies of women's career aspirations tend to stress the importance of family background variables. Most of the sociological data examine whether women choose…

The early development of university legal education in England, the United States, and Germany is examined. Focus is on: (1) the different historical and social processes that have brought law and higher education together and (2) examination of a more general, comparative nature about the institutional transformation of legal education in these…

This report on occupational planning for youth is divided into two parts. The first part examines the present situation in counseling and guidance and identifies the problems that persist. The second part discusses a futuristic planning effort of national scope that will by required by the potential reindustrialization of the United States. Also…

Brief description of the focus of five areas of research into higher education conducted by the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges are presented. These five research or problem areas are as follows: the role of higher education in society, higher education as a system (structure and governance), the environment and working methods…

Program structure and curriculum for the undergraduate social work student are discussed in this second volume from the Undergraduate Social Work Curriculum Development Project. In Part I the major themes and curriculum implications that emerged from the first two years of the Project's work are identified and the activities of the third year are…

The motivations of 275 women who were employed full-time, employed part-time, homemakers full-time or vounteeer workers were studied. Analysis of variance was used to test for differences between motivational groups within employment status categories on the demographic variables of personal income, age, educational level and number of children…

Educational and training functions carried out by AT&T valued at $700 million a year, are described. It is suggested that, at a time when students are clamoring for marketable degrees, academics might learn what corporations are seeking from the colleges and how they are preparing their own work force. (LBH)

In many foreign countries the employment service plays a larger role in helping young people move from school to work than it does in the United States. The article describes youth employment practices in Japan, Sweden, and Great Britain to illustrate the range of activities and organizational structures. (MF)

During his graduate-study-abroad summer program, the author found that the career education movement in England and Scotland concentrates on the school-leaving age of sixteen, rather than the developmental career education features in this country. He notes some national differences and offers suggestions for learning on both sides. (MF)