The disadvantaged, the slow learner, the average and the able--all can profit from courses organized around a horticulture core. (Editor)

The Orange County Technology Exchange Center brokers information county-wide between eight community colleges and four regional occupational training programs and technologically oriented programs. The Center has four main goals: (1) act as a clearinghouse to develop needed training programs, (2) promote and coordinate training resources, (3)…

A series of articles discusses requirements for optimum growth of horticulture education programs. Includes beginning a program, simulating working conditions, the need for mechanical skills, starting a business, and other areas to be considered for a successful horticultural program. (JOW)

Discusses the changing role of school counselors and shifting emphasis toward career counseling. Counselors should use computer technology, get politically involved, and work closely with school and community to help young people find meaningful work. (JAC)

The Colgate University Career Exploration Program, where alumni in fields ranging from medicine to the ministry sponsor students for month-long internships, is described. Students take short courses or engage in independent study, the alumni sponsor rates the student and the faculty member provides the grade for the credited program. (MLW)

Examines the effects of a career exploration program on self-esteem, achievement motivation, and occupational knowledge of seventh-grade, inner-city youth. Results indicate that given an outstanding teacher and a well-designed, well-executed career exploration program, dramatic gains can be made in both cognitive and affective variables with…

Describes the environmental education work project for industrial arts students at a Hebron, Connecticut, high school, conducted in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, in which students designed and built or repaired various structures and devices for the state agency. (MF)

Supported work is an employment program operated primarily by locally based nonprofit corporations that serve as the temporary employer for people who have traditionally had great difficulty in getting or holding a job. This article describes program operations, target groups, funding sources, and program impact research. (Author/SJL)

This study investigated how graduate students described and evaluated the characteristics of their work-training experiences. The impact of the experiences on professional career development is discussed, and some implications are drawn on the nature and importance of experiential learning. (Author)

Describes a cooperative education program in the Midland Public Schools (Michigan) which permits the student to receive on-the-job experience along with in-school education at the same time. The authors note that many of the same techniques described could be used effectively in a public relations program for any school in any community to enhance…

Vocational education students have been traditionally excluded from participating in nonvocational areas of their schools. A teacher initiated new programs to reduce prejudice against vocational education students, allowing them to participate fully in extracurricular activities and in the National Honor Society. (TA)

Discusses some key current educational trends in British Columbia, including curriculum change and school reorganization, high school work experience programs, advanced placement courses, Native studies programs, and computers. (SR)

A survey of high school students in school-supervised work experience programs (N=101) and non-school-supervised jobs (N=177) found that the former have higher quality jobs that make greater use of academic skills, have more contact with adults, experience more challenge, consider their work meaningful, and perceive a closer relationship between…

This article describes a summer work experience program for seven blind rural high school students in Ohio, consisting of two weeks of work evaluation/adjustment and eight weeks of paid work experience using job coaches. Results indicated success in improving participants' understanding of work-related issues in general. (Author/PB)