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Download full textFrankel, Steven M. – 1973
This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention, Models, On the Job Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
This document reports the results of a study to determine whether changes made in the Neighborhood Youth Corps' in-school component helped to decrease the school dropout rate among participants. Surveys of programs in Harris County, Texas, Norfolk, Virginia, and the Washington metropolitan area provided the data. Overall findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Vircks, Marvin W. – 1973
A statewide survey of Wisconsin barbers was conducted to determine their status and opinions on a variety of topics relating to barbering so that action may be taken to improve the careers of present and future barbers. Questionnaires prepared for student, apprentice, journeyman, and master barbers and for barber shop owners were mailed to the…
Descriptors: Barbers, Career Ladders, Cosmetology, Educational Background
Unco, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1973
The evaluation of the Project World of Work as implemented in the Contoocook Valley (Con-Val) School District, New Hampshire, uses the term "career education" as a synonym for Industriology, the science of industry, and the focal point of their program. Twelve management objectives of the program are evaluated: desk study, development of…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Employment Problems
Chapman, E. N. – 1966
This book is designed for the slow learner and the dropout. It is written at the sixth grade level and is generously illustrated. The specific purpose of the book is to help the potential dropout and those who have already dropped out and returned to special training by indicating the importance of a positive attitude, and how to build one. It is…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business, Dropouts, Employer Attitudes
Kay, Evelyn R. – 1971
Despite the long existence of vocational education in the school system, very little is known about the characteristics of the participants. Thus, this report presents the findings of a study of the characteristics of vocational education teachers and students. Information on the professional qualifications and teaching experiences of teachers is…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Family Characteristics, Income, Postsecondary Education
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1973
This publication contains assumptions, problems, and statement of the basic idea for 10 questions relating to career education. The questions concern the desirability, probability, and limitations of concepts dealing with: (1) exchange programs between business-industry-labor personnel and school personnel, (2) student field trips, (3) work…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Resources, Employment Opportunities
Eckman Center, Woodland Hills, CA. – 1972
This study was conducted to test the effectiveness of proceduralized job guides in enabling placement of work experience students in allied health work stations requiring the performance of complex tasks. Phases of the study included: (1) establishment of work stations, which involved the identification of potential work station sponsors in San…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Opportunities, High School Students
McCarthy, Joseph M.; And Others – 1968
During the calendar year 1968, Boston College provided jobs for 783 students under the Federal College Work-Study Program. The jobs ranged from simple clerical to complex community service and computer operation positions, and every attempt was made to place students in positions related to the individual's educational experience and career goals.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Aid, Financial Problems
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1971
With most data taken from 1970 or 1971 averages, this report presents a picture of the positive and negative aspects of the older worker's position on the labor market. The report, prepared for the White House Conference on Aging, shows that the participation rates of men are continuing to decline while the rates of women increase, that…
Descriptors: Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Income
BAKAMIS, WILLIAM A.; AND OTHERS – 1966
CLUSTERS OF KNOWLEDGES WIDELY USEFUL TO BUILDING TRADES WORKERS WERE IDENTIFIED. BY QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS, UP-TO-DATE FACTS WERE OBTAINED REGARDING MAJOR TYPES OF TASKS PERFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE (229) OF BRICK LAYERS, CARPENTERS, CEMENT FINISHERS, ELECTRICIANS, IRON WORKERS, AND HEATING WORKERS. ON THE BASIS OF THIS INFORMATION,…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Building Trades, Employment Patterns, Job Analysis
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1976
The "Marshmallow Principle" introduced in this paper is stated as follows: "External pressure exerted on an organization to change its basic structure will, for as long as that pressure is applied, cause the organization's structure to bend and assume a new shape. Once the pressure is removed, the organization will reassume its original shape.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change Strategies, Conceptual Schemes, Educational Change
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1975
It is suggested that the American system of formal education be included in discussions of problems of productivity, both as a contributor to the problem, and as an instrument to be used in seeking solutions to the problem. Career education, in particular, is viewed as being capable of making contributions toward increasing productivity. Two basic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Awareness, Career Education, Educational Assessment
California State Consortium on Cooperative Education, Sacramento. – 1976
Senate Bill 642, passed by the California legislature in 1973, authorized the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to conduct a pilot program in cooperative education involving no more than five community college districts for a period of up to three years. Pursuant to the law, the Chancellor has included Coast, Hartnell, Pasadena,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Education, Educational Innovation
Tehle, Dave; Anderson, Jacqueline – 1976
The work experience career exploration program (WECEP), a junior high school alternative education program for potential school dropouts, was implemented at Ben Franklin Junior High School in the Fargo, North Dakota, school district during the 1975-76 school year. Patterned after vocational education cooperative work experience programs, WECEP is…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Instructor Coordinators
