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Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN. Dept. of Education. – 1977
This second series of presentations was designed as a sequel to the first (see related note), which established the foundations for career education relative to adolescents with handicapping conditions, particularly mental handicaps. This series, consisting of five separate papers, begins with the sequence of steps that follow from that base,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Education, Classroom Techniques
Download full textNational Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1981
A review of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA's) results, strengths, and weaknesses, and future role in light of expected economic and technological changes indicates that it is time to strengthen--though not necessarily enlarge--America's only available second-chance training system. Cost-benefit analysis of the major CETA…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Leach, James A. – 1978
The Occupational Survival Skills (OSS) Modules were designed to offer high school students an opportunity to develop skills applicable to a wide range of jobs in the work world and to develop positive attitudes, perceptions, and motivations toward work. The primary purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the influence of the OSS…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Owen, Thomas R. – 1979
The main purpose of a 1978-79 evaluation of the Jackson County E.S.D. (Educational Service District) Community Experiences in Career Education--(CE)2--program was to investigate the student turnover rate which for two years had exceeded fifty percent. The program provided experience-based career exploration opportunities for high school juniors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Dropouts
Allen, Robert W.; Foster, Robert R. – 1980
A project reviewed and assessed the scope and availability of Public Service Employment (PSE) participant training. It explored alternatives on how training resources can be utilized and best administered to maximize participant transition to unsubsidized employment. Project phases were program administrator interviews, employing agency and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Planning, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Magi Educational Services, Inc., Port Chester, NY. – 1979
The report presents an objective third-party assessment of the WALKABOUT program. Now in its third year in Northern Westchester County, New York, this program offers an optional learning environment for Grade 12 students in which the skills and self confidence needed to be effective adults are nurtured. In order to attain WALKABOUT program goals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communications, Counselor Attitudes, Educational Environment
KARNES, MERLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT 91 EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS HOMES, PROVIDED WITH A CAREFULLY DESIGNED 2-YEAR VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND PREVOCATIONAL DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (DVR) COUNSELING, WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT TO THAT OF A MATCHED CONTROL GROUP ENROLLED IN A REGULAR…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Delinquency
American Association of Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1967
IN ADDITION TO THE THREE PRINCIPAL ADDRESSES ("TO TEMPER THE SWORD OF INTELLECT,""SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE," AND "A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE") SELECTED PAPERS FROM NINE OF THE 10 SESSIONS ARE REPRODUCED. EACH SESSION CONCERNED A SPECIFIC TOPIC--(1) EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION, (2) FACULTY VIEWS OF COLLEGE…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conference Reports, Developmental Programs, Educational Facilities
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1979
The charts and graphs comprising the bulk of this four-part report summarize the findings of a survey of Canadian community colleges and public trade schools, including all provinces but Quebec. The survey was conducted in Fall 1977 to determine selected characteristics of full-time instructional staff, including academic administrators and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1978
The charts and graphs comprising the bulk of this four-part report summarize the findings of a survey of Canadian community colleges and public trade schools, including all provinces but Quebec. The survey was conducted in Fall 1976 to determine selected characteristics of full-time instructional staff, including academic administrators and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment
Copen, Peter; And Others – 1980
The Walkabout program is an optional senior-year educational experience in which New York high school students can acquire the basic skills and confidence to take charge of their lives and contribute to the world. The year-long program is divided into 5 "challenge environments": wilderness (5 weeks); applied academics (18 weeks of health…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Counselor Role, Educational Environment
Hillson, John; Hagee, Gale – 1980
A descriptive research study was conducted to determine those factors influencing people to select a career in agricultural education. Undergraduate students majoring in agricultural education at Virginia Tech and randomly chosen Virginia vocational agriculture teachers were surveyed by the use of a project-developed instrument. Among the findings…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Background, Career Choice, Decision Making
Raelin, Joseph A. – 1980
This book analyzes the impact of out-of-school youths' first job experiences on later occupational attainment and job satisfaction, explores the effects of prior attitudes and status, and charts the varying career paths of white males, white females, black males, and black females. It also interprets the findings in light of public policy…
Descriptors: Age, Background, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth
Heller, Barbara R.; Gross, Linda – 1978
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the kinds of things males and females do on their first co-operative job, how they perceive their working conditions and responsibilities, and how their performance is viewed by their employers. There were 272 college students in the sample. Sexes were fairly evenly represented, but the male-female…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Employed Women
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1974
The final evaluation report provides an assessment and discussion of the FY 1974 activities of the Research for Better Schools' Career Education Program, one of four employer-based career education programs currently funded by the National Institute for Education. The introduction (section 1) provides an overview of the evaluation activities and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs
