The Community-Based Linkage Model unites local education agencies, business and industry, social service agencies, and parents in coordinated efforts to meet the vocational needs of handicapped students. (SK)

Presents an overview of a 16-step internship model. The steps range from the initial contact between the company and university to final evaluation of the internship, in which the company and university representatives, project coordinator, and student intern examine to what extent their objectives and expectations have been met. (EAO)

Age is a determinant of the gap between U.S. men's and women's work wages; young men are paid more as they age because of age; young women are not. Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Labor Market Experience were analyzed for 5,225 men and 5,159 women. (KC)

This paper summarizes and reviews the literature on the impact of work experience through career education programs, youth employment and training programs, and part-time work during the adolescent years. The findings indicate that the benefits of working to education, socialization, and subsequent employment have been greatly overestimated.…

Comprehensiveness is the key to the success of Job Corps programs. Corps centers attempt to rectify deficiencies in social attitudes, self-esteem, drug/health problems, and work habits, while providing intensive skill training and work experience to economically and educationally disadvantaged youth. (SK)

Minuteman Vocational Technical School in Lexington, Massachusetts leases school space to McDonald's for a restaurant which also serves as a food service laboratory for students in the culinary arts hospitality management program. The school has also benefited from the renovation of its facilities by McDonald's. (SK)

Provides what the author calls a "meta-analysis" of experience-based career education programs. (Author/JM)

Efforts of various countries to link education with work are described. Socioeconomic and political aspects of work-education interaction are discussed. (RM)

Using five years of panel data from a national sample of women aged 14-24, found that declines in labor-force participation prior to the first birth and increases in participation following the birth varied by education, economic well-being, and prebirth work experience. (Author)

Discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of a work-study clinical nursing course designed to allow student nurses to experience the realities of professional nursing. The authors report the reactions of faculty, nursing staff, and students to the experience. (Author/CT)

Experiential learning holds potential for revitalization of the liberal arts, since the experiential strategy steers clear of both indoctrination and subjectivity. In the moral realm, students learn that conduct itself, and not just theory, is the ultimate concern. (MSE)

Examined the moderating effects of employee ability on the role perceptions-intrinsic satisfaction relationship. Subjects (N=89) were middle-lower managerial personnel. Results emphasize the importance of matching an individual's ability with the total work environment. Implications for the work adjustment theory, stress management and future…

This report examines the extent to which Americans participated in the labor force, worked, or looked for work during 1979. It also takes a look at changes in work activity over the past decade as reflected in the work experience data. (Author)

The Bryant School Pre-Vocational Program provides job training opportunities for moderately mentally retarded students. The key element is site trainers who coach students on the job until they are capable of working alone. The program also seeks to improve community awareness and acceptance of the mentally handicapped. (SK)

Outlines the development of a self-directed manual to aid in building portfolios, and reports on the evaluation of portfolios' effectiveness in presenting competencies. A portfolio of volunteer/unpaid administrative experiences has demonstrated validity and reliability in presenting skills to prospective employers. (Author)