This report, based upon case records and follow-up interviews with 965 U.S. Servicemen returning from Vietnam investigates: (1) the availability and utilization of narcotics, marihuana and alcohol in Vietnam; (2) the psychosocial and demographic predictors of pre- and post-Vietnam narcotic use; and (3) the post-Vietnam adjustment difficulties of…

Asserts that inadequate attention has been paid to the problems of the young soldier entering army life in Israel. Delineates some areas of friction and vulnerability between the worlds of the youth and the military. Describes the systematization of these encounters into groups, creating the "Binary Model," which helps in locating and…

The Conference Report of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1999 directed the establishment of a 5-year pilot program requiring the Services to treat two groups as Tier 1 for enlistment eligibility purposes: (1) graduates of homeschools and (2) graduates of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program who also hold GED credentials…

This guide was written to help school and local education agency staff better understand and apply the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that protects privacy interests of parents and students in student education records. The Forum has developed full reports on student (and staff ) privacy guidance, but a shorter…

The purpose of this research was to elucidate a continuum of postsecondary text difficulty and to use it to quantify gaps between the text difficulty of high school textbooks and various reading materials likely to be encountered in the most widely chosen postsecondary domains of endeavor--the university, the workplace, the military and…

This study investigated college plans of a sample of students who transferred or voluntarily withdrew from college in order to ascertain if they differed on selected demographic and attitudinal variables. (IR)

An overview is given of the impact of demographic and educational changes in Canadian society on the military labor market. The emphasis is placed on describing how these changes influenced the supply of potential recruits. (JN)

Discusses national service as a means for resolving the crisis of youth in America today. Concludes that since national service emphasizes jobs rather than service, it reflects a lack of fit between institutional structure and factors which prevent youth from being integrated into the adult world. (Author/JLF)

The proposed National Service legislation with options of community as well as military service is seen as calling for a strong, constructive, informed response by the higher education community. What National Service will mean to higher education, the shift in student aid, and influencing the president are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Coming up with interesting information literacy lessons can be challenging for the high school librarian. If school librarians have taught their upper class students well, most are prepared to navigate their way successfully through libraries and Internet resources. In this article, the author explores a unique high school project that resulted in…

Many American high school students from lower socio-economic backgrounds see military service as a vehicle for advancement. Various branches of the Armed Forces have consistently provided underprivileged youths enlisting in the military with a means to escape poverty. Generous benefits, adequate pay, college tuition, and specialized training in…

To help reduce shortages of pretrained individuals that could occur in the event of a full national mobilization, the Army established a retiree recall program in 1981. The September 1992 exercise at Ft. Riley was one in a continuing series of "Certain Sage" exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of the system. Exercise participants filled duty…

The joint efforts of the U.S. Department of Education and the Selective Service System to implement the 1982 amendment to the Military Selective Service Act are reported. This amendment, which was part of the Fiscal Year 1983 Defense Authorization Act, provides that, beginning with the 1983-1984 award year, any student who must register with the…

This document, intended for Tacoma, Washington, public school students, encourages them to decide the best career goals and how they will prepare to reach those goals. Included are sections on the objectives, degrees, and certification available at community colleges and vocational-technical schools in the state of Washington; descriptions of the…

A biography for elementary school students tells about Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. (Winnebago), an American Indian Army corporal who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in the Korean War. Photographs of Corporal Red Cloud and his gravesite are included. A teaching guide following the bibliography contains information on the Medal of…