This report focuses on the issue of preparation and training for those who work with delinquent youth. It is the intent of the editor to demonstrate that the issues involved in youth worker training are both significant to him and relate to the core of modern social development. It is pointed out that, in today's world, we are witnessing a…

The purpose of this study, concerned with the graphics arts industry, were to identify: (1) skills and technical knowledges needed by employees, (2) processes and types of equipment in use, (3) sources of labor, and (4) opinions of employers concerning personnel training. Data were obtained describing the industry in the Carolinas and Georgia by a…

A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE DATA FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THREE OBJECTIVES--(1) TO INVESTIGATE THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND MANIPULATIVE SKILLS OF AVIATION MECHANICS AS REQUIRED BY THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, (2) TO IDENTIFY A CORE CURRICULUM FOR THE TRAINING OF AVIATION MECHANICS, AND (3) TO IDENTIFY THE SCOPE OF TRAINING OFFERED BY…

Both the more traditional and the emerging competency (performance) based training programs for administrators continue to overlook the rich, informal learning that occurs both before and after formal professional training. The author takes issue with Thomas Brown's model, "Interrelating Inservice Education to Preparation Programs," on these…

Addressed to women who are considering taking up full- or part-time employment or training or re-training later in life when family responsibilities are less pressing, this document may also help others who wish to or have to take up a different career. Focus is on employment and training opportunities in Great Britain. The first half contains…

Responses from 1,695 (out of 5,213) surveyed Texas employers provided information, presented in rank order, in the following categories for entry-level jobs: sources for obtaining applicants, reasons for rejecting applicants, causes for terminating employees, employment preparation areas in which improvement is needed, and goals for public…

Strategies for weed control in cropped and non-cropped areas are presented together with an operational plan for implementing a program for weed control at the national level. The program includes training personnel and community education procedures. (EC)

Explores the cooperative effort between Hagerstown Junior College (Maryland) and the Certain-Teed Corporation in implementing a "Management of Human Resources" course for supervisory personnel. Describes its mutual benefit and future programs within the corporation and others. (MB)

A college professor examines the problems of site specific in-service education. Three major points are made--in-service education is more complex than critics realize, political decisions become confused with professional decisions, and the principal of the school is the key figure in in-service education. (JD)

Data in this survey indicate that high school seniors are more likely to expect or desire job training or education than they are to expect or desire to go into the military. More males expected to serve than wanted to, while more females wanted to serve than expected to. (Author/WI)

Survey of teachers reveals that high need competencies were learned on the job, not in college. (Ed.)

Tracing the ten-year development and operation of a training center for Florida's law enforcement officers, this article discusses the construction plans, the new training center, the professional staff, and the current programs and objectives. (BM)

In place of sending thousands of teachers to developing countries, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) now gives educational assistance by training Third World people to manage their own training and education systems after the Canadian advisors have left. CIDA projects in Bangladesh, Jamaica, and St. Lucia are described. (MF)

Job opportunities in the American Merchant Marines are described. Training requirements for employment in the domestic and deep sea shipping fleets are discussed. (CP)

A university-based conference center created by recycling an underused facility or building on vacant land can be a profitable business venture. (Author)