The work of the National Child Labor Committee is described, including its study of cooperative work experience and recommendations, and its advocacy of vocational education and cooperative work experience. Arguments for eliminating vocational education are listed and refuted. (CT)

Aspects of cooperative education are presented. Two types of cooperative education, the alternate plan and the parallel plan, are described. The benefits of cooperative education are discussed as well as ways to implement cooperative education. Cooperative education is suggested as an alternate to traditional forms of baccalaureate nursing…

Focuses on factors that have encouraged or prevented married women's strong attachment to the labor force. Factors include lessening family responsibilities, increases in their previous work experience, changing attitudes toward women's roles, higher educational attainment, and improved health. The article also examines the impact of these…

A listing of the elements that helped make a strong career studies program at Linganore Junior-Senior High School, Frederick County, Maryland. (HD)

The sequential stages of this model are: (1) select occupational fields for assessment; (2) identify competencies in each occupation; (3) verify that the student has had work experience; (4) related student competency to the curriculum and his goals; (5) measure occupational competency; (6) evaluate measurement results; and (7) determine credit…

This article, a revision of a paper presented at the West Virginia Statewide Bicentennial Conference last summer, discusses the problems of youth--in school and at work. These are of the first order in today's America. The author presents a kind of solution and pays his respects to the constraints. (Editor)

Existing research on student employment focuses on the impact of work on persistence and degree attainment. This study, however, pays special attention to how work affects students' college experience. Blending quantitative and qualitative methods, the study examines the difference between working and nonworking students in their academic and…

This information brief explains the Transition Service Integration Model, an approach to integrating service systems at the point of transition for youth with significant disabilities. It explains that the Transition Services Integration Model is designed to combine the resources of school and postschool systems in sharing the costs of a…

Youth represent one of the most culturally diverse groups in Canada. It has been shown that labour market participation among immigrant youth, especially those who are members of a visible minority, has been lower than the Canadian-born. Using the 1996 Census, this paper provides an overview of labour market attachment of immigrant and visible…

This guide to work-based learning and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is designed to serve employers, educators, agency placement staff, labor organizations, and persons involved in school-to-work initiatives by helping them to understand a variety of issues related to students in the workplace. The first part of the three-part guide covers…

Technologically advanced nations are now experienceing strong social pressures for greater flexibility in the formal education and career planning of youth and adults. Vocational psychologists will need to determine whether their models and empirical data are still relevant for solving problems in repidly changing societies. (Author)

Unable to afford a standard vocational education program, a small town Michigan school enlists local business firms to fill the gap. (Editor)

Examines the role played by ability in determining earnings differentials along both the earnings profile for given levels of schooling attainment and across schooling levels. (RJ)