Partial release before parole, which gives selected prisoners achance to work during the day, has proved successful. (EB)

This special issue of Manpower is entitled Making Prison Training Work." (BH)

A first-year business education teacher states her philosophy concerning the value of occupational experience. (CH)

Offers a rationale for the concern with and involvement of business education in the topic of productivity in the workforce, and suggests ways in which business education can prepare more productive workers. (Author/JOW)

A program developed to help elementary-aged mildly handicapped students acquire prevocational skills uses three-week job assignments to develop skills in problem solving, communication, and physical and manual dexterity. (CL)

Presents a descriptive study of deans responsible for teaching sociology in community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. The relationship between institutional characteristics and occupational experiences, such as decision making, supervisory characteristics, and teaching, is examined. (SR)

Mothers receiving money for child support were found to be in the labor force more often than those not awarded such support. Women who received alimony were also more likely to work than those who did not receive such payments. (CT)

Describes a corner restaurant and store in Worcester, Massachusetts, where high school students staff and help supervise. (JOW)

Denmark's informal residential schools provide practical work experiences in humanistic, innovative settings. (Author)

Examines the relationship between occupational mobility and career advancement among male and female librarians, and indicates that neither frequency of job changes nor the motivations that prompt them can be responsible for the position and salary gap between the sexes. (FM)

The argument most often noted from the Panel on Youth Report is that essential to the transition-to-adulthood period is a youth's participation in work and other nonschool contexts. This article summarizes the criticisms of the suggestion that this youth participation should be fostered institutionally. (Author/RC)

Describes the project students at the university are involved in which provides an opportunity for a "real world" situation by writing and producing for commercial television and radio news shows.

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data from 1979-92 revealed only modest evidence linking early job stability to better labor market outcomes. Those outcomes for adults in their late 20s to mid-30s appeared unrelated to early labor market experiences. The data did not support "job churning." (SK)