A significant step in the direction of improving employee counselor services in an industrial setting is offered. The research combined survey and factor analytic methodology to empirically identify sources of employee concerns or stress and to measure the tendency of employees to use counseling services in connection with these problem areas. The…

This booklet contains national apprenticeship standards for use by Automotive Service Councils in the training of future automotive mechanics, body repairmen, painters, and other specialized professional technicians. It begins with a brief presentation of apprenticeship policy. The major contents are provisions of standards on the following:…

A new, continuous progress learning year calendar, described in the document, has been prepared for the Culinary Institute of America, to enable the Institute to realize desired educational and space utilization objectives more effectively, while increasing Institute capacity. In addition, the continuous learning year calendar introduces a…

The carpentry work standards contained in the guide cover basic requirements for effective apprenticeship and are offered to assist local organizations of contractors and journeymen in establishing local systems of apprenticeship and improving existing systems. Twenty-five items to be considered when adapting national standards to local use are…

The worksheets have been developed for use with any production occupational or work experience record book for high school vocational agriculture programs. Separate units have been developed for each of 11 areas in ornamental horticulture, so the student and teacher can select the appropriate one, or several, for the experiences planned by the…

Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) is a program which provides students with a comprehensive secondary education that exposes them to a cumulative series of planned, personalized learning experiences in a wide variety of life and work settings. To determine possible program implementation, the Far West Laboratory (FWL) has engaged a series…

The purpose of the project was to design and present an inservice education program for work experience teachers and coordinators in order to improve their operational effectiveness at the school/classroom level. A series of five three-hour programs were conducted at five California locations. A total of 503 participants, representing 211 school…

Factors affecting the nonagricultural employment of youth are examined in the research study. Chapters in the report discuss a brief history of child labor laws in the United States; the links between the economy and the social goals of society and how child labor laws reflect and yet sometimes contradict economic realities; the economics of the…

The primary reason for the Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Education Program is to work with colleges and universities in developing preprofessional personnel by assigning work projects which complement academic study. Primary responsibility for the program rests with the Office of Personnel and Training, with on-the-job supervision…

College of the Mainland (COM) has supported a cooperative education program for business majors since 1969. This program is a one-, two-, or three-semester plan that offers a student work in the community during his studies at COM. Each of the three co-op courses offers four hours credit for exploratory, career preparatory, or career retraining or…

To investigate the relationship between enrollment in agricultural work experience programs and the social behavior, academic performance, and vocational preparation of academically handicapped youth, this investigation utilized a study group of 85 students in special agricultural work experience programs (AWE) and 74 students in regular…

Literature on the job-hunting and the work records of young persons in school and during their initial period of adjustment to full-time membership in the labor force is reviewed and evaluated. While this suggests an analysis of the labor market experiences of 14 to 24 year olds, most of the literature to be surveyed deals with a more narrowly…

The Bridgeport (Conn.) Career Education program has three basic functions: (1) preparation for career choice through the study of self-appraisal or self-realization and occupational information, (2) career preparation through basic education skills, employability skills, actual skill attainment and related skills, and (3) placement and follow-up.…

This study investigates the post-high school influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) on the earning capacity of participatns in Houston, Texas. The influence of NYC participation is investigated employing a methodology of a control group design together with data analyses using multiple regression and analysis of covariance. The…

The final report of the Cooperative Industrial Education (CIE) Coordinators' Workshop (New Jersey, 1973) includes statements relating to conference objectives, edited transcripts of presentations, summary statements by group discussion leaders, an evaluation of the conference proceedings, and an introductory statement of accomplishments that…