The concept of evolutionary life cycles should become an integral part of a job placement process. The college educational process should be the beginning of a lifetime of learning and earning and not be viewed as a point of departure into an unknown work world. (Author)

The problems affecting the reception, adjustment, and placement of Spanish-speaking students into the Toronto school system are discussed, and include immigration patterns, Spanish values, and the Latin American school. (Author/HP)

Two approaches to the validation of occupational interest inventories are considered. The approaches vary according to whether one is interested in predicting students' occupational preferences as opposed to assisting counselors in advisement. One empirical example using female college students is presented. (Author/JKS)

Litigation and legislation have redefined the role of the school relative to placement of children and the educational services provided them. The focus of this review is on three previously disenfranchised groups, the young, the handicapped, and the culturally different. (Author)

Eight guidelines for contract learning-type programs are presented under the headings (1) supplying rationales, (2) focusing on the faculty, (3) assessing faculty performance, (4) assessing student readiness, (5) assessing the costs, (6) students as researchers, (7) how much academic credit, and (8) agents of change. Focus is on the faculty as…

College students who had participated in the advanced placement (AP) program in high school were studied over the 4 years of undergraduate study. The number of course hours completed and the achievement of AP students were compared to non-AP students matched for ability. AP students excelled on all measures. (SW)

Discusses what the cooperative coordinator should do when employer requests violate the legal provisions of Title IX, Buckley Amendments, Civil Rights Acts, Vocational Education Acts, or other legislation. Typical verbal responses and general guidelines related to these legalities are presented. (BM)

Provides an in-depth guide to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Executive Order requiring affirmative action for handicapped people; discusses concerns such as why companies hire and retrain handicapped people, successful placement and accommodation, supervision, and labor-management cooperation. (Editor/TA)

A research study conducted to identify "occupational survival skills"--the basic knowledges, traits, and competencies most appropriate for worker success in maintaining their occupations, or in moving from occupation to occupation with a minimum of retraining. Skills are analyzed for major occupational groups. (Editor/HD)

A criterion-referenced measuring instrument was developed from a national survey of quantitative skills/concepts required by entering first grade students and individually administered to 273 children three to six and one-half years of age. By comparing mastery age of each of the 153 skills/concepts, sequential patterns of development were made…

With the advent of legislation on Affirmative Action in the employment of handicapped individuals, job placement is receiving increased attention. This article categorizes job placement into four phases: client development, job development, client placement, and follow-up. Practical suggestions are provided for providing services in each of these…

Presents a test, including vocabulary, syntax, translation and reading comprehension, for high school graduates beginning the university curriculum in English Studies. The test is designed for placing students in one of three basic courses and providing a basis for counseling. The test's four parts are described. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

More U.S. foreign medical students (USFMS) than ever before expressed interest in transferring from foreign to U.S. medical schools in 1977, when COTRANS (Coordinating Transfer Application System) sponsored 1,224 individuals for Part I of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Advanced standing admissions, academic ability levels, demographic,…

Indiana University's new Career Center is trying to apply a systems approach in the development of new programs. It allows a method of identifying problems, unrelated elements and relationships, and ties these together into a progressive whole. (Author)