Dropouts, some with police records, are trained for clerical work while working parttime. Unsuccessful trainees are recycled until they receive a permanent job. (BH)

This is the first of a series of articles on contributions of leaders to agricultural education. (Editor)

A rural school district in Calhoun, Georgia, employs a competitive employment training program for moderately retarded adolescents. The program stresses work habits, social skills, and money management in on-the-job preparation. The program is expected to benefit the students, school system, community, and employer. (CL)

The work activity center (WAC) has been severely criticized in recent times for its inability to provide clients with an adequate work component. The paper addresses these problems by proposing a new model which can be utilized by WAC. (Author)

Results of a study of over 1,000 experience-based career education students suggest six ways experiential education staff can improve the learning potential of community experiences. These involve giving the students challenge, responsibility, freedom to explore, hands-on learning, a good relationship with individuals at the work site, and…

Reports results of a questionnaire administered to participants in an antagonist drug outpatient clinic and an antagonist drug work-release program to obtain awareness of acceptance of the program participants. Naltrexone patients recommended an alternative method of administering the drug and changing the money system to award deserving inmates…

Voices concerns about the way the cooperative education program is being handled in Canada. Outlines the history of the program and discusses methods for implementation. (JOW)

The article describes a program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in which students have an opportunity for practical experience in 25 on-campus or 8 off-campus work stations. Benefits to the employer and employee are discussed. (CL)

Students in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are leaving the school to spend as much as a full semester learning about the adult world. (Author)

Examines the assessment of work-based learning, noting distinctions between "pure" and "professional" knowledge by offering a genealogy of learning; asserting that the distinction between academic and non-academic learning has become what Dewey termed a false dualism; examining relationships between judgment, activity,…

Evaluation of undergraduate placements in two microbusinesses--a printer and a video store--revealed key factors contributing to the efficacy of work experience in small enterprises: preplacement preparation, mentoring for students and employers, and postplacement support for reflection. The need for a learning network of students, teachers, and…