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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
This guide provides information about the available opportunities in New York State for youths to earn credit toward both high school diplomas and college degrees for competencies gained in the Comprehensive Educational Training Act (CETA) training and work experience programs as provided by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cooperative Education, Educational Certificates, Equivalency Tests
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. – 1976
The conference reported here was held for national leaders from industry, labor, education, and youth-serving organizations to (1) provide a forum for the presentation of a sampling of illustrative programs displaying initiative being taken in the private sector to enhance youth career development, and (2) obtain the counsel of participants on how…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
Stephens Coll. Without Walls, Columbia, MO. – 1977
Stephens College Without Walls will grant college credits for prior experiential learning, if properly documented. Proficiency examinations, non-college transcript credit, work experiences, volunteer activities, homemaking, workshops or seminars, recreational activities or hobbies, independent reading, or licenses are categories of experiences for…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Certification, College Credits, Credentials
Armstrong, Harry – 1976
The paper discusses the interdisciplinary approach used by the Amity High School House Construction Project to develop a construction cluster in a small high school, to give students on-the-job training, and to teach them the relevancy of academic education. The project's monthly plan of action is briefly described. Suggested activities,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Business Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education
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Richards, Edgar L. – 1980
A survey of employers in Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania provided (1) information on organizational characteristics, employers' perception of the relative importance of nine previously identified successful transition skills, and their perception of the deficiency of these skills in today's employed youth; and (2) a model procedure…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship
Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Toronto. – 1978
This booklet on Ontario (Canada) apprenticeship programs describes regulated and non-regulated trades in the following four categories: (1) construction, (2) industrial, (3) motive power, and (4) service. The introductory section covers what apprenticeship is, educational requirements, credits for academic and skill achievements, finding an…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics, Building Trades
Brown, Sylvia J.; Wilson, James W. – 1979
An in-depth assessment of cooperative (co-op) education training programs is presented. For the purposes of this research, cooperative education is defined as work and school experiences designed to complement each other. Five questions are addressed: (1) Are the training programs teaching the right things? (2) Is the training being done…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. Coll. of Education. – 1978
The Navajo Administrator Training Program (NATP) was initiated to prepare graduate level Navajo administrators for Navajo schools. A cooperative program involving the Navajo Tribe, University of New Mexico, and the Carnegie Corporation, the nontraditional graduate program alternates intensive one-week on-campus sessions with five-week off-campus…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Career Ladders
Neely, Margery A.; Wilson, Alfred E. – 1978
A study was performed to develop procedures for assisting women who aspire to vocational administration posts but who do not have required work experience outside of education. The project (1) surveyed attitudes, barriers, and the employment picture in Kansas and (2) determined the effectiveness of a portfolio guide for describing unpaid work…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Career Opportunities, Educational Background
Fuller, Jack W., Ed.; Whealon, Terry O., Ed. – 1979
Intended for use by students, professional career counselors, and teachers, this book contains a selection of writings by many notable authorities and practitioners of career education in the United States. Its fifty-four articles present background information, philosophical and practical problems, programs suitable for adaptation, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, Articulation (Education), Career Development
Osoro and Associates, Bellingham, WA. – 1980
This document contains (1) a monograph investigating and describing conditions under which it is cost-beneficial to operate an enriched YCCIP (Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Project) design and (2) a guidebook to work project enrichment. The first sections of the monograph focus on the attributes of an enriched YCCIP activity in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis
Owens, Thomas R. – 1979
The assessment of secondary school students' learning which results from experienced-based public school programs is associated with three types of problems: (1) psychological--educational practitioners may fear the evaluation process; (2) conceptual--including unclear requirements for student outcomes, lack of appropriate strategies for achieving…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
EDGERTON, HAROLD A.; SYLVESTER, ROBERT W. – 1967
THE SIMILARITY OF JOB CORPS TRAINEES TO THE POPULATION OF THE SAME AGE FROM WHICH THEY WERE DRAWN AND PROPORTION OF TRAINEES COMING FROM EACH STATE WERE DETERMINED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM PREENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS, CENSUS REPORTS, AND PUBLICATIONS. FINDINGS INCLUDED -- (1) THE NUMBER OF 16- TO 17-YEAR-OLD MALE TRAINEES WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
AULD, W. DAVID, JR. – 1966
THE PROJECT PROVIDED PREVOCATIONAL CLASSES, WORK-EXPERIENCE TRAINING, AND SPEECH AND PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR HANDICAPPED STUDENTS BETWEEN JUNE 20 AND AUGUST 26, 1966. THE HANDICAPPED INCLUDED SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED (35-50 IQ), EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (50-75 IQ), DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, ORTHOPEDICALLY…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. – 1979
The second of three volumes included in a secondary agricultural supplies and services curriculum guide, this volume contains units of instruction in three major areas: (1) Animal Science, (2) Supervised Training Programs--Farm Business Management, and (3) Career Selection/Public Relations. Typical of the sixteen units included in the first…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Supplies, Agricultural Supply Occupations
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