To evaluate the adequacy of a home economist assistant curriculum compared to the skills, knowledges, and attitudes needed for entry employment in the auxiliary home economics field, 50 employers were personally interviewed, and the employers and 31 graduates were surveyed by mail. The mailed questionnaire requested information regarding the…

Responding to the need for improved vocational counseling services, the National Advisory Council has made specific recommendations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Recommendations include: (1) work experience for vocational counselors, (2) the infusion of individuals with rich backgrounds in business, industry, and labor into…

Recruiting and training workers to meet the critical shortage of trained health manpower is the major goal of the U.C.L.A. Secondary School Allied Health Project. In order to illustrate how the program combines work experience and classroom activities so that students become aware of the possible careers in the health field, this publication…

Career education and work experience education are discussed in terms of the common goal of education as preparation for work, and three basic common values: (1) The importance of work to both individuals in society and to society itself, (2) the need for and potential of experiential learning, and (3) the need to involve the formal education…

In this assessment of career and occupational development by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), work-related skills and knowledge of American adults (aged 26 through 35) are examined. The skills assessed are basic to many employment situations; knowledge about jobs involves both knowledge about facts common to many jobs and…

A study was made of professional qualifications for personnel employed as program evaluators and auditors. These qualifications, according to operational or theoretical models, are necessary to assure local school districts of obtaining the services of competent and ethical personnel. Findings of (1) a review of literature, (2) a national survey…

According to job length and skills required author examines jobs abroad. Short-term unskilled positions in work camps and voluntary service projects are detailed; information sources are listed. Suggests short-term skilled jobs such as trainees and tour guides. Reviews long-term employment opportunities in U.S. government jobs, international…

After reviewing federal and state child labor legislation in connection with the Career Education Incentive Act of 1977 (PL 95-207), the authors found that most state child labor laws did not provide the flexibility needed to implement PL 95-207 on a broad basis. Some compatibility must be found. (MF)

The article describes the career education program for senior high handicapped students in the Arlington (Virginia) public schools, including curriculum development, delivery activities, student placement, placement site selection, and learner outcome goals. (MF)

The Career Awareness Micro-Internship Program at Augustana College, designed to demonstrate the career potential of liberal arts education to students and prospective employers, places students in job situations with professional sponsors. The internships are also open to faculty to help them update their knowledge about nonacademic careers. (JMD)

The agricultural education curriculum at Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, is stressing practical farm experience programs on school land for students preparing to teach agriculture. In Illinois also the "land laboratories" concept appears to be effective in providing practical agricultural training. (MF)

The Summer Youth Program, formerly the Neighborhood Youth Corps, held at the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee, is designed to provide summer employment to the community's disadvantaged. This article describes a plan to improve the overall effectiveness of the Summer Youth Program, which is applicable to other universities and…

Discusses trends and issues in European career education programs observed during the author's visits to educational and industrial sites in six European countries where cooperation between school and industry is a prominent part of education programs. Describes some education and work arrangements and provides a list of references. (MF)

Presents a definition of cooperative education on the college level and outlines some of the advantages a cooperative program offers to the student, the employer, and the university. (HMV)

The paper discusses and makes recommendations for action on the quality of working life, career education, reform of secondary education, manpower development, and a reappraisal of vocational education philosophy and purpose. A bibliography of literature in each of these five areas is included. (MF)