Discusses a cooperative education program developed for undergraduate students who attend the university for five years, completing the requirements of their university degree as well as 24 months of work experience. Student, faculty, and industry roles in the program and some effects/results of the program are considered. (JM)

Why do employers go to the trouble and considerable expense of providing training for the people who work for them? Traditionally, the purpose of company-sponsored training has been to prepare specific people to do specific jobs or to do them better. (SSH)

Discusses various aspects of transition in nine articles dealing with changes in the role of the school counselor, student adjustment at various educational levels, the transition from school to work, relevance of education, and retirement. Emphasizes developmental aspects and the counselor's response. (JAC)

Basic factors in planning for successful school-business partnerships are reviewed, including expectations of schools, staff involvement and support, expectations of businesses, and steps for building the partnership. Some successfully operating programs are described. (MJL)

This document provides a brief compilation of descriptions of agricultural education programs linked to Career and Technical Education (CTE) initiative in Minnesota. Agriculture Exploration courses focus on the animal sciences, plant sciences, natural resource sciences, agricultural business and marketing, and leadership development. Agribusiness…

In this study, North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) graduates from 1986-1987 were examined 10 years after graduation to see if they had gained additional education and salary. The study's primary purpose was to address the accountability of community college co-op education. Within the study, the term, co-op refers to an educational…

This book is an outcome of a conference held in Malta September 19-23, 1996 on the theme, "Apprenticeship and VET (Vocational Education and Training)--Changing Policy and Practice in a Unifying Europe." The book considers the reemergence of the concept and practice of apprenticeship in education and training in many of the countries of…

Successful completion of dual enrollment programs prepares individuals to be skilled operating engineers (thoughh apprenticeship) and credits academic achievement with Associate degrees (from participating colleges) which may be applied toward higher degrees as the graduate/journeymen expand their career opportunities. Economic status is not a…

Fifty teenagers in Tigard, Oregon, are engaged in an employer-based high school altnerative entitled Community Experiences for Career Education. The program staff believes that employers are best equipped to identify career education issues for students preparing to enter the work force. The program seeks to broaden career education. (KP)

Contains responses of the National Manpower Advisory Committee to the career education concept, which raised several caveats, more as constructive criticism than in opposition to the concept. (Author/SB)

A study relating agricultural work experience programs to the performance of academically handicapped youth presents the positive results and the problems of the program along with implications for planning and conducting future programs. (MU)