The Baltimore Placement Program is unique in that it serves all students in the city's public secondary schools. It is available both to graduates and to dropouts, and the service may be used by a graduate or dropout for as long as one year after he leaves school. The goals of the program are to place students in jobs that are compatible with…

The University of South Dakota Cooperative Field Education Program (CFEP) serves to supplement existing classroom study with related, credited field experience. The field experience is to: (1) give the student an opportunity to apply academic study to actual work experience; (2) open up new areas of interest, study and employment for the student;…

Advocated for junior and senior high school special education students is a work-study curriculum which reflects real-life situations. (CL)

This article describes a residence hall security system which utilizes students as security aides. The program is an integral part of the Syracuse University Security System. (DOW)

Recommends a training program of very modest investment which deals with five specific ways to obtain positive results. (EK)

Suggests changes in the educational system which would correct the current problem of overeducation. The author advocates starting and finishing formal elementary secondary education at earlier ages and the addition of a two-year, postsecondary work-study program. A national service program is also discussed. (AM)

Presents a theoretical perspective on how student work experiences can integrate theory and practice and add to values clarification and self-understanding for students. A practical classification model for identifying learning associated with student work-related assignments is presented. (Author)

Findings revealed that a relationship existed between the principals' knowledge of and support for work-study programs, and their role performances with regard to such programs. These variables were also found to be directly related to the effectiveness of the work-study programs. (Author/DLS)

Describes the liberal arts program of instruction at Deep Springs College, the campus of which is a working ranch and farm. Students at this college, all academic high achievers, hire and fire staff, select the following year's incoming students, administer the work program, set policy, and enforce it. (LZ)

This study explores working students' college experiences using the grounded theory approach. Focus groups were conducted to allow working students to elaborate on their college experiences, clarifying issues not easily addressed through surveys. Two theoretical propositions are offered to describe how working students are constantly searching for…

The study part of a work-study program may provide an opportunity to attain the real objectives of the program (with the emphasis on student responsibility) and fulfill the role of the work-study coordinator. (Author)

The final report of the 3 year Project CAST (an Appalachia Educational Laboratory adaptation of the Experience Based Career Education Model) in Charles County, Maryland, reviews accomplishments in the areas of student appraisal, individual educational programming (IEP), joint coordination and continuing education, and dissemination and…