Analyzes cooperative education for its applicability to components of the learning process (external conditions, internal conditions, and learning outcomes) and relevance to learning principles. Finds that co-op enhances learning and supports traditional educational values. (SK)

Used census data to describe changes in work-family connection between 1970 and 1980 for highly educated men and women aged 30-39. Found, despite educational and occupational advances for women, gender differences in the connection between work and family experiences remained substantial over the decade. (Author/ABL)

School-to-work legislation calls for local partnerships to develop curriculum that integrates academic and vocational courses and links school-based and work-based learning. In at least 37 states, individualized state and local partnership systems exist. Contains 11 references and cites a program that brings teachers into the workplace. (MLF)

Comparison of 683 managers selected for promotion and 683 still in middle management found that those with more education and longer tenure were more likely to be promoted. The longer it took to reach middle management, the lower the chances of advancement. Gender and race moderated the effects of organizational experience. (SK)

Employed human capital and structural perspectives to explore extent to which the lower salaries received by full-time faculty women compared to their male colleagues vary across different rank/experience cohorts. Data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty revealed that among the "older" faculty at each rank, women…

Interviews with 30 women middle managers in Fortune 500 companies suggest that women have the education and work experience needed for top positions; they have self-confidence, motivation, high aspirations, and career commitment. Still, barriers and bias in organizational culture and work environment remain. (SK)

Workers who use computers on the job receive higher wages, reflecting both computer-specific and broader skills. This accounts for a small portion of the metro-nonmetro wage gap. The payoff for using a computer on the job is higher for college graduates and more-experienced workers than their counterparts and is higher for rural than urban…

State department data on Nevada 12th graders in schools with high versus low dropout rates showed differences in school-to-career (STC) experiences. Five significant variables were unpaid school-year or summer internshps, service learning, volunteering, and other workplace experience. High unemployment in the state may have diminished some of…

A survey of U.S. job recruiters (n=67) concerning their perceptions of the value of a student's international experience found recruiters did not value international exchange very highly and instead favored national work experience over international work experience. Company characteristics affected perceptions, but recruiters' personal…

Studied the earnings of young adults who have some college but no postsecondary degree. Explored associations of earnings with demographic and family background, high school preparation, postsecondary experience, and early work experience. The analysis examined 16 student characteristics and their association with earnings 10 years after high…

Discusses the creation of a program of accredited work-based learning (learning at and through work that earns college credit) for emergency nurse practitioners. Highlights the challenges of collaboration with purchasers of education and nonnurse colleagues in creating an appropriate learning environment outside university control. (Contains 28…

Cluster analysis of data on the work-based learning of 407 Dutch vocational students resulted in three styles: (1) focused on doing, with incidental learning (n=117); (2) externally regulated learning (n=114); and (3) self-regulated learning using theory and reflection (n=176). (Contains 43 references.) (SK)

This paper focuses on dualities in both the process and outcomes of participation in work. First, the process of participation in work activities and interactions draws on contributions of both individuals and the social world in ways that are variably interdependent, that is, relational. The affordances of workplaces shape the array of…

College-educated women are less than half as likely as men to be employed in science and engineering (S&E); and if they are, earn about 20 percent less. Using data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates, we estimate jointly, determinants of S&E employment and earnings in both S&E and non-S&E jobs. Taking account of gender differences…

This paper examines the contribution of work-based learning (WBL) to the education of construction students. The research draws on the experiences of part-time students and students on sandwich courses in a School of the Built Environment. The sandwich courses include a year in industry as the penultimate year of a four-year programme. This WBL…