The rapid growth in undergraduate business education over the last three decades has coincided with the growing dominance of an economic ideology of higher education (HE); that its role is principally one of contributing to national competitiveness through the development of graduate "employability". In particular, undergraduate business…

At LaGuardia Community College, students enrolled in the cooperative education (Co-Op Ed) program are required to complete three internships and concurrent seminars as a requirement for graduation. The seminar curriculum provides a theoretical framework for analyzing and evaluating the students' internship experiences. The seminars also serve as a…

The experience-based career education program was intended to have students participate in a variety of individualized activities designed to provide meaningful learning experiences in basic skills, life skills, and career development. Approximately 50 high school juniors and seniors participated in the project on a full-day basis, dividing their…

Describes a project aimed at developing an understanding of industry in students. Includes a description of the historical development of the project, its basic organizational and pedagogical principles, and its current areas of interest. Provides examples of school-industry learning experiences. (TW)

The process and content of the life review should not be separated from the creation of an oral history. Several projects, undertaken at the University of Louisville Oral History Center, support the therapeutic aspects of reminiscence. The dichotomy between oral history, as an historical database, and life review, as a therapeutic exercise, breaks…

The paper summarizes efforts in California to provide handicapped secondary students with work experience education. Three types of work experience programs in California are noted (exploratory, general, and vocational work experience). Selection criteria for students include age level, full-time pupil basis, approval of parent/guardian and school…

Documented volunteer experience can be a valuable tool for the individual who volunteers as well as for the organization for which the volunteer works. Current trends point toward the heightened need for validating volunteer experience. Recordkeeping systems can help facilitate effective placement of all volunteers according to their interests,…

Many issues relating to flexibility in working life and to the freer shaping of life generally through new patterns for working time and allied reforms in education, training, vacation and pension systems, are discussed. (Author/PG)

THIS GUIDE CONTAINS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, GENERAL POLICIES, EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES, AND MINIMAL STANDARDS OF THE WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION COURSE AND EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT PROGRAMS IN LOS ANGELES. THIS PROGRAM ENABLES STUDENTS TO HAVE A PART-TIME JOB SUPERVISED AND COORDINATED BY THE SCHOOL AND GIVEN COURSE CREDIT. IT EDUCATES THE STUDENT IN WORK…

From four tables compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was demonstrated that, for the first time, the number of Americans with work experience exceeded 100 million. The number of 16-year-olds and over who worked increased by 3.2 million. A record 54 percent of all women in the population worked in 1973; nearly one-third of them worked…

The primary purpose of this study was to develop a model plan for granting college credit for trade and industrial occupational experience. A review of the literature indicated that several schools were granting credit for occupational experience but few had developed standard procedures. Teacher educators, state department officials, and…

Because people learn much better and much more efficiently in real-life situations, a system of apprenticeships is proposed as an alternative to library school. This would develop common sense, curiosity, concern for other people, and intelligence, none of which can be taught in formal courses. (JPF)

Presented are excerpts from an interview with two mentally retarded men. (SBH)

A simple formula and accompanying set of factors has been developed to estimate the average salary of groups of chemists with common characteristics. Five major characteristics in determining salaries are presented: years of experience, highest degree, type of employer, work function, and sex. Tables and a sample problem are included. (MA)

This study concludes that, on the one hand, age increases the psychic cost of moving and decreases the length of the accrual period for benefits, thus inhibiting geographic mobility. On the other hand, age increases the general skill level, thus stimulating geographic mobility. (Author/CT)