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Gurin, Patricia – 1978
This paper reports on a study which measured labor market experience and its possible effects on workers' psychological expectancies. Past efforts that employed black and white men and women had made to improve their market situations are described, as well as attributions they gave for their experiences. Work or educational changes attempted by…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Employed Women, Employment Experience, Expectation
Adams, Jill J.; Evans, Carol J. – 1976
A project funded by a Women's Educational Equity Act grant provided women greater access to and awareness of nontraditional career opportunities and gave successful Kansas City, Missouri, professional women greater visibility in the community. The three components were (1) an internship program during which a woman intern was placed under…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Careers, Consultation Programs
PDF pending restorationTwarog, Katherine J.; Crowe, Michael R. – 1979
A comparative case study of education and work programs was conducted from an anthropological frame of reference to determine how each sets up a program culture for learners to achieve program goals. Three variables structured into the original research design of the project were (1) the length of the program; (2) the type of community served, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Cultural Context, Economic Factors
Pooley, Richard C. – 1980
The activities of the first 6 months of a project designed to help 27 emotionally disturbed and learning disabled adolescent boys (ages 14 to 16) overcome the handicapping conditions which render them unemployable are reported. Successful aspects of the program were the career education, community based career development, and volunteer work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Career Exploration, Dropouts
Download full textPERRELLA, VERA C.; WALDMAN, ELIZABETH – 1966
A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AGED 16 TO 21 WHO HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN A NATIONWIDE SAMPLE STUDY OF THE EARLY WORK EXPERIENCE OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH IN 1963 WERE RESURVEYED IN FEBRUARY 1965 TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE DROPOUTS AND THE GRADUATES. THE RESURVEY INCLUDED 2.4 MILLION OF THE 2.7 MILLION YOUTH…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Followup Studies, High School Graduates, Income
GERARD, ROBERT A. – 1966
THE PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW METHODS OF EMPLOYING YOUTHS FROM LOW- AND MARGINAL-INCOME FAMILIES, EMPLOYED 170 YOUTHS AGED 16 TO 21 IN IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING VACANT AREAS FOR RECREATION IN DECLINING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LONGER RANGE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTHS TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR SKILLED EMPLOYMENT AND TO…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Indigenous Personnel, Neighborhood Improvement
CASEY, RAYMOND P.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS THROUGH COOPERATION WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LED TO THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF BUSINESS-INDUSTRY-SCHOOL COORDINATOR (BISC). THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POSITION IS TRACED. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE COORDINATOR ARE GIVEN, AND BISC DUTIES ARE OUTLINED. SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adolescents, Cooperative Education, Federal Legislation
GORMAN, ROBERT E. – 1966
FIFTEEN CERTIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS PARTICIPATED IN AN ON-THE-JOB INVESTIGATION OF THREE SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN MONTANA--MINING, LUMBERING, AND CONSTRUCTION. THE PURPOSES WERE TO (1) PROVIDE THE PARTICIPATING COUNSELORS WITH ON-THE-JOB KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL FOR ENGAGING IN MORE EFFECTIVE VOCATIONAL COUNSELING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselors, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
HUDSON, MARGARET – 1965
THIS STUDY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING LEARNING STATIONS TO PROVIDE THE MENTALLY RETARDED WITH WORK-EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES. SUBJECTS WERE 14 STUDENTS, AGE RANGE 16.2 TO 19 YEARS, WITH IQ SCORES OF 50 TO 79. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES WERE USED AS LEARNING STATIONS. THE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN COURSE…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Support, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth
Ross, Richard Lee; And Others – 1980
This learning activity package, one of six intended for use in Industrial Cooperative Training Programs, is designed to aid students in learning about their student organization, the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). (The industrial cooperative training program provides industrial occupational training experience for high school…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education, Extracurricular Activities, High Schools
Duenk, Lester G.; Lear, George – 1980
This learning activity package, one of six intended for use in Industrial Cooperative Training Programs, is designed to provide students with information on several general safety topics which would apply in most employment situations. (The industrial cooperative training program provides industrial occupational training experience for high school…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Business Education. – 1979
This document presents summaries of instructional strategies which are uniquely suited to develop student competencies through utilization of the business community. The instructional strategies are divided into ten areas: (1) all business education areas, (2) bookkeeping/accounting, (3) shorthand, (4) typewriting, (5) secretarial practice/office…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Business, Business Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1967
This document is the full text of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 to Public Law 90-222. These amendments authorize funds for continuation of programs begun under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which established the Job Corps and the work and training program for youth and adults, the special impact programs, and the urban and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Day Care, Employment, Federal Aid
Greenwood, Katy, Ed.; Skinkle, John D., Ed. – 1974
Professional development is the central focus of the collection of five papers included in this monograph. Casting views in the framework of "advocacy," each paper addresses one of the following topics which are of central interest in the field of vocational education: accountability, work experience, assessment, career clusters, and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Educational Assessment, Occupational Clusters
Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA. – 1976
A survey of 270 graduates of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) during 1969 to 1973 was conducted to determine what graduates did in their jobs and how their SPHTM learning experiences related to their jobs. The methodology used in the survey is described and results are presented in tabular form with…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Employment
