A project will develop and test a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system tailored especially to the objectives and administrative requirements of state-financed, workplace-based employee training programs. That system will have the following three components: (1) a process monitoring system that shows whether the programs are following…

A self-assessment questionnaire is presented in this document for use by high school administrators collecting information on which to base recommendations and plans for improving the effectiveness of cooperative work experience (CWE) programs. A format for assessment in each of the following areas is given: characteristics of students, staff, and…

This report describes California programs which provide alternatives to detention for minors who commit less serious law violations and status offenses. Included are six diversion programs, four youth service bureaus, six home supervision programs, and ten juvenile court work programs. In addition, three detention classification programs and five…

Author described several differences among the conditions of young people in the United States, China, and Israel and suggested that the Coleman Report asked more of our own culture than can be attained. (Editor/RK)

The Career Business Skills Program objective is to establish an educational program capable of producing employable graduates who possess those skills, knowledges, and attitudes necessary to enter and make progress in an entry-level position in an office career. (BP)

The study attempts to determine characteristics of work situations which tend to increase post-college earnings of junior college graduates. Factors studied were; relationship of college employment to post-college employment, sex, pursuit of occupational program, and number of hours employed. (AG)

Presents brief discussions of some of the uniquely American nontraditional programs: the expanded campus; individualized curricula; interdisciplinary themes; modular credit; calendar variation; and cooperative education, using as an example the extensive coop program at Northeastern University. (PG)

Discusses changes which are probable in education to improve working and learning: reducing work periods; reducing isolation of young adults in higher education institutions; more professional oriented education; and recognition of women. (Author/PG)

Incorporating productive work in the curriculum is seen as an integral part of India's Fifth Plan war against poverty and as a base for self-reliance. Five programmes for reforming India's non-productive education system are outlined, culminating in a suggestion for an educational pause which would allow students to take part in the productive…

Two studies were conducted to examine relationships between intransitivity, defined by the total circular triad (TCT) score on the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ), and vocational needs and abilities. Data were collected on 373 rehabilitation clients for Study 1 and 215 vocational assessment clients for Study 2. In Study 1, TCT scores were…

Revision of a paper presented at the American Educational Research Meetings (New York, February 18, 1967).