This handbook provides a brief overview of apprenticeship and explains how women can find and participate in an apprenticeship program. Topics covered include the following: definition of an apprenticeship, trades that are apprenticeable, why and how to apply, how to choose a trade, requirements for an apprenticeship, supportive services, job…

This paper discusses the effectiveness of distance education at Morehead State University. Distance education, which operates via fiber optic telecommunications, has been delivered to as many as 18 sites. Twenty-three faculty and 622 students have participated in this program. The technologies used to present information include full motion video…

While adhering to state standards for the core curriculum required for graduation, magnet schools offer innovative, specialized instructional approaches to attract students of all socioeconomic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. While the magnet programs vary in design, scope, and outcome, they share important objectives: (1) to promote educational…

On all dimensions assessed, students enrolled in the alternative school program demonstrated a significantly better attitude toward school and significantly fewer behavioral problems within the school environment. (Author/AM)

Presentation of Illich and Reiner's theories of de-schooling, emphasizing the theory's paradox in style and thinking and its utopianism found in its ideas of learning webs and conviviality. (ND)

Recent years have seen the emergence of new types of provision for the 16-19 age group in both the schools and further education sectors. This paper briefly outlines the various institutions now in operation and the rationale behind each type. (Author)

Programs have been designed and counseling services have been set up to meet the special needs of adult women returning to school. (KE)

Author looks at two small informal schools based on local communities. (Editor/RK)

An historical analysis from 1949 to the present, of the role of higher education in China, focusing on the significant changes since the Cultural Revolution in broadening the base of participation in higher education as well as the reorienting of curriculum and standards. (EH)

Students attending Hoover Elementary School in Palo Alto, California enjoy their studies and classroom interaction. Article focuses on the policies behind the school's success. (RK)

Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) schools, which provide an alternative to state-supported and other church schools, began in the United States, but their growth in Australia has been rapid. In 1977, there was only one ACE school in Australia, but by 1982 there were 10. The schools, which are committed to Christian fundamentalism, are run by…

This case study researched how two Joliet, Illinois, Corsini 4R (C4R) magnet schools function for the purpose of measuring their effectiveness as an alternative learning paradigm to public school education. In C4R schools, students learn the four R's: Responsibility, Respect, Reasourcefulness and Responsiveness. Data generated from classroom…

Article considered the characteristics of colleges and universities called an alternative system. (RK)