This paper provides a summary of four projects currently funded through Australia's National Center for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), including what they propose to achieve and their preliminary findings to date. After an introduction, an overview of preliminary findings from the four projects is presented. The following barriers to…

This is a report on Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges' assistance of low-income adults under the state's welfare reform initiative, WorkFirst. Current and former welfare students attending community and technical colleges comprise 9% of all college student enrollments. Combining work and training leads to higher wages.…

This kit explores Australia's National Training Framework, training packages, industry standards and assessment, and the implications of these changes for language, literacy, and numeracy practitioners. Four sections in Part 1 present a series of answers to four frequently asked questions about training packages posed by practitioners in…

Records from the quarterly collection of data on Australia's apprentices and trainees were matched with the annual data from vocational education and training providers (VET). The results provide information on the courses and modules undertaken as part of off-the-job training of apprentices and trainees who had a contract of training with an…

The Pride in Parenting (PIP) program was developed for mothers 18 years of age or older who had little or no prenatal care and their infants from birth to one year. The major goals of the program were to promote effective use of health services by mothers and their infants and to enhance infant development. The intervention program consisted of…

The report summarizes the results of follow-up studies of 494 students who completed a career program at Kansas' Johnson County Community College (JCCC) during the 1997-1998 academic year, and of the employers of completers who were working in a job related to their course of study. Results of these studies provide valuable insights into the…

Answers on questionnaires returned by students and parents attending orientation sessions held by Cornell University are discussed. Questions dealt with feelings about the purpose of a college education, the advisability of attending graduate school right after graduation, important factors in selecting one's first job, etc. (EAK)

New head of United States Civil Service Commission looks at federal manpower problem, suggests closer cooperation between government and academia to create more work study experiences for students enabling them to relate studies to requirements of job market. (Author/CJ)

Describes an educational program designed to improve agricultural production by providing supervised practical experience on the farms of students. (DM)

Manpower shortages in semiskilled occupations are being solved by upgrading workers stuck in entry-level jobs in this federally financed, union operated program. (BH)