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Download full textLach, Ivan J.; Kohl, Peggy L. – 1981
In January-February 1980, all students who were enrolled in an occupational program at an Illinois community college during 1979 and who completed all of the required skills courses but did not graduate with a degree or certificate were surveyed to determine how well the colleges were meeting the needs of these students. Survey questionnaires…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Stern, Barry E. – 1981
This policy study of official efforts to develop the relationship between education and employment in the United States focuses on both the transition of youth from school to work and the education and employment system for adults. Federal legislation is overviewed, and federal programs for youth to improve the relationship of education to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Case Studies, Dropouts
Westat Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1980
This report is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA). It describes an aspect of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program--the personal characteristics, economic backgrounds, and pre-CETA year experiences of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This is the second report concerning how Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) sponsors implemented two programs under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), specifically the Youth Community Conservation Improvement Projects (YCCIP) and Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP). The report is based on studies by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Hicks, Lorna C.; And Others – 1981
Designed to help career counselors and placement center staff at universities and community colleges reduce the impact of the employment barriers facing students with physical disabilities, this manual contains discussions of five career center service areas as well as a rationale for developing special services. The first section presents a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Change Strategies, College Students, Community Resources
Spencer, Mary Louise; And Others – 1981
The overall goal of this project was to develop a model comprehensive school community career services system for students enrolled in the postsecondary state area vocational-technical schools. The objectives were as follow: (1) to help students develop positive self-concepts and positive concepts of the working environment; (2) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1981
The Work Again Project entailed development and implementation of a center to place adults aged 58 and above into a variety of paid and volunteer positions, investigation of the effect of such placement on the self-image of participants, and education of the community as to the working needs of older adults. A project staff consisting of five…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Attitudes, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, MS. – 1976
The Greenwood (Mississippi) Career Education Project was conducted to meet the following objectives: (1) to employ a career staff and establish the administrative structure of the project; (2) to conduct inservice workshops with faculty members for the purpose of acquainting them with project objectives and their responsibilities; (3) to expand…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Virginia Western Community Coll., Roanoke. – 1976
The Career Life Development Center (CLDC) developed at Virginia Western Community College was designed to serve both enrolled students and non-student residents of the locality. The following eleven program components were implemented: career counseling interviews; curriculum-based counseling strategies; diagnostic center; individual career…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Naylor, Harriet H.; And Others – 1980
The initiation, implementation, and successes of 13 older adult volunteer programs are traced in these descriptive essays focusing on: (1) the Educational Growth Opportunities project at San Diego State University (CA); (2) the Retired Volunteer Service Corps at the University of Maryland; (3) the Displaced Homemakers Program at Valencia Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Consultants, Consultation Programs
Poland, Robert, Ed. – 1980
The nine articles in this monograph deal with techniques for increasing communication between the professional world of business and business education with respect to career education. The first article stresses the need for communication between schools and the related business community. In the second article school-related experiences that…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Business Education, Career Education
National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1980
A survey was conducted to determine the effectiveness of job placement services provided to secondary vocational students in South Carolina high schools and vocational centers, to identify characteristics of effective placement service programs, and to identify efforts made by schools to overcome sex bias. Survey instruments consisting of a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Employment Counselors, Employment Services, Guidance Programs
Miller, Susan W. – 1980
A sequence of four objectives is the basis of this in-service training module designed to assist community college vocational educators and counselors in carrying out legislation concerning handicapped students. The workbook first presents a list of terms and definitions needed to familiarize educators with the terminology relating to educating…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Architectural Barriers, Community Colleges
JOHNSON, LOUISE A. – 1967
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, COUNSELING, AND JOB PLACEMENT FOR 180 NEGRO MALES WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JUNE 1, 1964, AND MAY 31, 1965, AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, A PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO PRIVATE COLLEGE IN ALABAMA. THE TRAINEES WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 50, RURAL RESIDENTS, HEADS OF…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, Career Counseling
MANDELL, WALLACE; SULLIVAN, CLYDE E. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR A SAMPLE OF YOUNG JAIL INMATES ON RIKERS ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO EVALUATE THEIR SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE AND ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. OF 264 INMATES SELECTED UPON THE BASIS OF TESTING AND OTHER CRITERIA, 137 WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND 127 TO A CONTROL GROUP.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
