This directory provides abstracts for 38 career development projects operating during the 1972-73 school year, which are funded or coordinated by the Michigan Department of Education. The abstracts identify representative career development program components (e.g., objectives, major activities, and procedures) for projects in state school…

This report covers the objectives, procedures, and findings of four major projects directed by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Correction (EMLC): (1) Token Economy (Ecology) Project, (2) Correctional Officer Training Project, (3) Longitudinal Follow-Up Studies, and (4) Information Dissemination and Utilization Project. EMLC grew out of an…

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training program in preparing trainees for employment, interviews were held with administrative personnel, employers, counselors, and trainees. The survey revealed that completion rates are generally low, due to excessive counselor case loads, and…

This 3-year pilot project demonstrated the feasibility of schools assuming responsibility for the job placement of students at every exit level, and established a systematic, effective job placement service capable of serving all secondary students. The project was operational at a high school serving 1,303 students of which the racial balance is…

ACPA's Commission XII surveyed 103 college student personnel training institutions regarding their graduate placement. Graduates were identified according to degree, sex, and race. Percentages of graduates placed, areas within the college student personnel field, types of institutions, and areas of the country were computed. The discussion…

A placement director urges his peers to accept the changing role of placement and adapt to its new priorities. (Author)

Implications of two possible occupation choice models are compared: (1) enter the job that offers the highest lifetime income, or (2) enter the job offering the highest level of overall satisfaction. Findings from the NBER-TH data sample indicate that screening does exist in model (1). Reasons for not using education as a screening device are set…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the newly placed emphasis on job placement in secondary schools has affected the means by which students actually find entry-level jobs. Three Delaware schools (urban, suburban, and rural) were surveyed. Results indicate "placement persons" had little effect on graduates placed. (Author)

Describes the pilot project RENEW (Referral Employment Network for Elder Workers), a five-state model older worker employment project which trains people fifty-five or older and places them in local job service employment offices, finding jobs for other older workers of all incomes. (SH)

The prospect of finding the "perfect" job looms heavy over a student's head. One professional explains the importance of helping students find their niche long before the final countdown. (Author)

This article investigates the basic functions and responsibilities of the college or university placement director and attempts to translate them into a specific MBO-oriented performance valuation format. (Author)

Need for additional college education or career change is becoming common for registered nurses who are graduates of hospital diploma programs. This creates challenges for career planning and placement professionals, including counseling of R.N.s with a variety of majors and needs who wish to enter fields other than hospital nursing. (Author)

A report of older persons participating in the Senior Community Service Project (SCSP) during 1973-1976 funded by the Older Americans Act through the U.S. Department of Labor as administered by the National Council on Aging. Enrollment and placement statistics and effects on delivery of human services are included. (ABM)

This study, presented at the NASPA convention, Dallas, 1976, reviews a research project of Student Affairs placement to provide a base line for professional hiring patterns. (Author)

Two approaches to vocational reintegration of handicapped workers are described: (1) adapting the disabled to the working environment through treatment, therapy, counseling, selective placement, and prostheses, and (2) adapting the working environment to particular handicaps, with the assistive device fitted to the machine or tool rather than to…