Describes training opportunities currently available including content of the training, fees, length of sessions and schedules, support equipment needed, provision of online time, and names of contact persons. (CWM)

Discusses four obstacles to improvement in child care: attitudes towards it, its relationship to family life, lack of training, and inadequate work conditions. (Author/SS)

Addresses the need for a guidance and counseling policy concerning youth unemployment by exploring the guidance program and concept and the root causes of youth unemployment. Makes recommendations concerning improvements in the educational system and the employment and training system. (CT)

The level of youth unemployment in our country is continually increasing. This article suggests measures that can be taken by educators to remedy this problem for those currently unemployed, as well as recommends preventative measures to curb the problem on a long-range scale. (CT)

Describes the Cooperative Industrial Education Program at a New Jersey high school. In the program, apprenticeship training is offered in the schools along with the basics (English, mathematics, history, physical education). Also discussed is how the program developed, employers' support, and the program's long-range effects. (CT)

Unions must increase their participation in the vocational education process, and their representatives must be prepared and trained to serve effectively on advisory councils. Unions should be encouraged to use the vocational education facilities of schools for apprentice and preapprentice classes and to support vocational education funding…

A study to determine the extent to which adults in horticulture use the skills learned in employment revealed that although 717 of the 721 students surveyed claimed some vocational use of the instruction, only 151 used the instruction in a horticultural or related occupation either part-time or full-time. (LRA)

Presents the remarks of several broadcasters who spoke to journalism students about how to get into broadcasting and what being a broadcaster is like. (GT)

Described are in-house training courses developed and conducted at the U.S. General Accounting Office Library for online searching of the DIALOG, SCORPIO, ORBIT, and New York Times Information Bank retrieval systems. An appendix contains a course outline/schedule for the training program. (SW)

The advantages and disadvantages of on-job training and institutional training are listed for use in deciding which is the more appropriate setting or what is the appropriate mix of both settings for occupational training programs. (MF)

The benefits of cooperative education for recreation specialists are discussed. (JD)

Discusses new evaluation procedures developed for the Gregg Office Job Training Program. In part 1, the student is evaluated and graded on performance of a specific job. In part 2, the student is graded on 10 areas of job performance, and in part 3, the student writes a brief job description. (CT)

Describes programs and types of college courses that can help prepare journalism students for jobs with magazines. (RL)

A description is given of a training program for bank tellers using computer-based instruction. The results of a pilot test are reported. (MP)

Provides an improvement strategy summary for organizational performance analysis, including use of financial performance indicators and reality testing results, analysis of behavior and nonbehavioral causes, solutions to causes in priority order, and determination of required training. (LAS)