A study was made to establish baseline statistics on vocational placement with 1,139 handicapped adults, who were discharged from vocational training at the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center. (DLS)

Vertical delivery, electric unit heaters provided a solution to draft problems from overhead service doors at the Madison County Center in Tennessee. (Author/MLF)

To avoid understating needs when planning a training center, the article suggests a step-by-step procedure from studying the number of students served for the past two years to arriving at a total dollar estimate. (AG)

This paper investigates the learning of young people involved in learning a trade in Senegal, West Africa. Fieldwork took place at two contrasting sites, one a workshop where young men were apprenticed to a tailor and the other a vocational training centre where young women were also learning tailoring. The research addresses the relationship…

In this issue, this regular department of the bulletin looks at progress and trends in education and training in Angola, Australia, Brazil, France, Panama, and the United States. (JB)

Describes the proposed expansion of the Finnish system whereby unemployed workers are immediately admitted to retraining centers. (SP)

After a year of planning, the American Republic Insurance Company has opened a new training facility which occupies a complete floor of the National Headquarters building in Des Moines. Pictures of the facilities are shown. (EB)

A random sample of 70 rehabilitation program graduates was used. Placement criteria were: 1) salary; 2) number of weeks between graduation and employment; and 3) number of contacts by a field rehabilitation counselor between graduation and closure. Data were collected on 55 test and rating variables during the students' evaluation and training…