The objectives of this High School Redirection Project were to redirect potential dropouts to continue full-time education and training with an educational-vocational plan, to provide high school dropouts with job skills that will enable them to enter the labor market on the highest possible level while continuing to upgrade their skills on a…

Presented is a curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded secondary school students in Georgia which features functional academics, physical development, social skills, and prevocational and vocational skills. Included are a work-study schedule for five levels (freshman through graduate), an explanation of school and work station sites,…

This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…

Two conference reports focus on career education programs for handicapped high school students. Described is a work study program for educable mentally retarded (EMR) senior high students with goals such as decreasing the incidence of school dropouts, improving basic work skills, teaching positive work attitudes, teaching money and time management…

The evaluation of the Project World of Work as implemented in the Contoocook Valley (Con-Val) School District, New Hampshire, uses the term "career education" as a synonym for Industriology, the science of industry, and the focal point of their program. Twelve management objectives of the program are evaluated: desk study, development of…

Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, is a comprehensive five year program to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. Project Outreach will bring about a complete transformation of the present Sheridan Public Schools. By…

This booklet summarizes selected facts and suggestions for the use of State staffs in planning for the development of cooperative vocational education programs under Public Law 90-576. Designed to provide pertinent information as technical assistance for facilitating the decision-making process, this resource manual is intended for use in…

During the calendar year 1968, Boston College provided jobs for 783 students under the Federal College Work-Study Program. The jobs ranged from simple clerical to complex community service and computer operation positions, and every attempt was made to place students in positions related to the individual's educational experience and career goals.…

Funding sources for migrant child care programs and their various components, such as services, personnel, food, equipment, and some Federal child care legislation bills, are given in this publication. The programs are grouped into the various agencies and departments of the Federal government which help fund them (i.e., the Department of Health,…

Findings and recommendations of the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Student Advisory Committee following a series of hearings conducted in seven states with the cosponsorship of the National Student Educational Fund and various state student organizations are presented. The report articulates and documents some of the problems that students…

The tenth annual report of the student financial assistance programs administered in Connecticut offers statistical data on the following programs: state scholarship programs for undergraduate and graduate awards, Restricted Educational Achievement Grant Program, College Continuation Grant Program, Higher Education Grant Program, and Connecticut…

The article describes China's alternative to Western technical education, a national program of industry-based education for experienced workers called "July 21st Workers Colleges" (from a 1968 statement by Mao). Regular universities and colleges may assist these Workers Colleges, where classes may be full time or part time. (MF)

A research study is described that shows that administrative approaches placing the initiative for federal work-study job placement upon the student can improve program efficiency, without significantly affecting administrative effectiveness. Other possible advantages for the student employer and institution are also discussed. (Author/LBH)

At Egbert Junior High School on Staten Island a pilot project--the Cooperative Education program--has managed to survive the rash of program cutbacks and elimination occurring in New York City public schools. Describes the reasons for its success by evaluating two very distinctive characteristics--its cooperative work program on a junior high…

Data are tabulated on trends in generally available and specially directed federal aid, state grants, and institutionally awarded aid and in the number of recipients and dollar awards for each major aid category. (MSE)