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Huffman, Harry; Welter, Clyde W. – Business Education Forum, 1976
A variety of educational changes in business education is noted, with selected schools implementing the changes cited. (AG)
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Instructional Innovation
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Peterson, William D. – Research in Higher Education, 1975
Twenty-six college and university presidents were interviewed and asked to report at least four incidents which they felt had been critical to their effectiveness as presidents. The great majority of the incidents (94.6percent) were found to involve the internal affairs of the institution. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Colleges, Critical Incidents Method
Barnes, John D.; Keene, Roland – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1974
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Laufer, Edith – 1985
Although studies using recall tasks to measure memory typically report age-related declines in performance for older subjects, little is known about how these research results relate to performance in actual situations. A study was undertaken to determine whether years of experience in a domain of knowledge could compensate for age-related…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Classification
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This publication reports on a recent study that compared the new Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with its predecessor, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The study was conducted to determine how the JTPA limit on money for program administration affected the type of individual served and the training provided in the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Participant Characteristics
Owens, Tom – 1981
Research on the effectiveness of career exploration as viewed by 1100 senior high school students involved in Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) projects in 16 states is reviewed. Results suggest that the learning potential of community experience can be improved in the following six ways: (1) offering challenging work; (2) selecting…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Literature Reviews
Rood, Lois – 1983
The manual describes a vocational training model using work stations within regular businesses or industry to help disabled persons adjust to employment. The work station in industry approach is explained to be more cost effective than sheltered workshops which limit the trainee as well as the agency and industry. Vocational goals are said to be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Industry, Job Skills
Thralls, Sharon – Updating School Board Policies, 1989
This newsletter describes the features and cites potential obstacles to implementation of high school student community volunteer services for credit programs. Specifically, it documents the genesis of the Students Offering Service (SOS) in the Pasadena (California) Unified School District for the purpose of demonstrating the importance of such…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Experiential Learning, High School Students, High Schools
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Michigan Vocational Education Resource Center. – 1987
This handbook is intended as a resource for individuals involved in the development, operation, and expansion of school store laboratories. The first of three sections covers facility/laboratory planning. It includes detailed guidelines for establishing a new school store operation and remodeling or relocating an existing operation. Section II…
Descriptors: Distributive Education, Experiential Learning, Job Skills, Laboratories
Hamilton, Stephen F. – 1985
West German apprenticeship combined with part-time vocational schooling--the dual system--provides a smooth transition from school into careers for German youth. One source of complexity in the structure of apprenticeship is the relationship between apprenticeship, which is controlled nationally, and vocational schooling, which is controlled by…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Davidson, Janice R.; Reedy, Thomas L. – Community College Frontiers, 1974
Article described a sample program designed to enhance job communications through occupational projects. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Communications, Cooperative Programs, Language Skills, Program Development
Huseman, Richard C. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1975
Availability information in CS 703 509. (JW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Job Training, Program Development
Drysdale, William – W. A. Wilde & Company, 1895
This textbook is a young-adult adventure novel. Every American boy who reads the newspapers is interested in the methods and adventures of the reporters who gather news for the great dailies. They go everywhere, meet all the prominent people of the time, and are constantly in the front of everything that is interesting and exciting. In "The…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Adolescent Literature, Males, Newspapers
Sevel, David; Hart, Mrs. J. A. – Amer J Occup Therapy, 1969
Descriptors: Games, Occupational Therapy, Patients, Recreational Activities
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Allen, B. H.; and others – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Federal Programs, Institutions, Mental Retardation
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