The collection of papers contains models of career education programs in work experience, guidance, placement, and curriculum. The first paper, Focusing on the School to Work Transition: Problems and Elements to Be Considered in Developing a Work Experience Program (David H. Hampson), introduces a historical/philosophical perspective of work…

The document, developed by a task force of Wyoming educators in the field of cooperative occupational education (COE), offers suggestions for the development of management systems and policies for the improvement and implementation of COE programs in Wyoming. Following a brief description of the philosophy and objectives of COE, the document…

The "secondary school in the country" is a concept becoming a reality in revolutionary Cuba. The concept is based on Cuba's need to feed itself and on the pedagogic and ideological premises that productive work molds man, that responsible participation by youth in building a new society is achieved by association with economic and social…

As part of the Federally sponsored School Program Advancing Career Education (SPACE) in the schools of Greeneville and Greene County, Tennessee, an inventory of teacher attitudes toward career education was conducted to aid in assessing a 45-percent dropout rate in the country. An 18-statement questionnaire was administered to 81 city teachers in…

Central Michigan University has been operating an external degree program for the Honolulu Model Cities Program since February 1972. The Institute for Personal and Career Development (IPCD) is the component that extends the goals of the program--equal access to education for personal enrichment, career alternatives, and increased upward…

The study is part of a research effort to provide instruments for identifying the aptitudes and abilities most useful to the Navy in Mental Level 4 personnel, and to identify duties most likely to be successfully performed by such personnel. The report describes an interim analysis of a biographical information form developed for predicting…

Using a trade competency test and a trade vocabulary test to disclose differences in performance on certain variables, this statewide survey compared secondary school trade and industrial teachers, non-teaching tradesmen, and secondary school industrial arts teachers within the State of Colorado. Profiles of the participants were developed, and…

This study investigated the place of personal and background factors in attitudes of married women toward married women's employment. The interview schedule, including an attitude inventory devised by the researcher, was administered to a sample of 236 women in northeastern Missouri. Significant relationships were found between attitudes and these…

The purpose of this study was to identify and explain factors which account for rural youths having lower attendance records and lower educational attainment than urban youths. The major objectives were: (1) to determine the factors affecting the school attendance and attainment of rural youths; (2) to determine the life aspirations of rural…

Eighteen papers were presented at the conference by practitioners, academic researchers, labor representatives and members of government. Summaries of papers are grouped under the headings: Apprenticeship as a Training Process; Lessons from Followup Studies of Journeymen and Apprentices; Minorities in Apprenticeship; Apprenticeship Training in…

Reports are presented on three phase four projects being carried out by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections (EMLC) using a behavioral approach to the problems of the offender. The Mount Meigs Project is concerned with a behavioral management program, using a token economy, in the academic education division of the Alabama…

This report presents detailed social and economic statistics for the population of the United States below the low-income level in 1966 to 1972, based on the March 1967 to 1973 Current Population Surveys. The data in this report were extracted from a series of tabulations prepared for and previously distributed by the Office of Economic…

The pilot study reported in this monograph is part of a larger study that includes data on 5 Southwestern American Indian reservations. Its primary purpose is to provide basic manpower information essential for planning and developing effective services and programs for the Acoma Pueblo Indians. Manpower resource characteristics are presented for…

Inventorying and analyzing the housing needs of the region's migrant population, the report is presented in 2 sections. Part I introduces the migrant, staygrant, and rural agricultural worker. Part 2 addresses the particular needs of the agricultural worker, including the rural poor. Attention is given to education, training, health, social…

In June, 1971, the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) received a grant for a project--namely, Student Assisted Development of Materials for Environmental and Social Studies (SADMESS)--which employed high school students to develop curriculum materials emphasizing the social science aspects of environmental education. SADMESS personnel…