This analysis examined 16 student characteristics and their association with earnings 10 years after high school. The study used data from the High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study (HS&B) and the HS&B Postsecondary Education Transcript (PETS) file. The information in these files was gathered through a nationally representative survey…

Interviews were conducted with three learning disabled young people over a period of 8 years, beginning when they were in junior high school. The interviews reveal common themes related to the effects of a lack of vocational training and the inability to maintain adequate employment. Jerry experienced a pattern of temporary work followed by…

Four basic steps in the planning phase of establishing a new program are detailed. (MU)

Highlights the complex relationship between earnings, nativity, and national origin among Hispanic men. States that human capital characteristics, notably education, work experience, and English language proficiency, significantly influence annual log earnings for all groups, but the patterns of effects depend on nativity and national origin.…

Examines recent developments relating to agricultural education and Work Experience Programmes in Secondary Schools in Jamaica; questions whether such "radical rethinking" is needed in their educational policies/priorities; challenges whether the view that the whole future of developing countries like Jamaica is heavily dependent on…

The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act established provisions whereby youth may receive academic credit for skills acquired through work experience, but many educational institutions have not sanctioned these provisions. This problem was explored in a study of credit availability, type of credit, and the relationship between credit…

Schools, to help students make the transition from education to work, should teach the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning, and computing. Schools also must provide economics education, career education, and opportunities for occupational skill training. (CJ)

This paper describes, with a typology, the effects of localistic (community-focused) educational practice on the curriculum; and it assesses the arguments against localistic curricula which focus on the notion of social control. In conclusion, it offers a conceptual framework which may contribute to analysis of localistic curricula. (Author/SJL)

Describes the development of an office simulation program at a California high school. The program also permits career exploration at business offices in the town in the student's area of interest. The article also discusses a followup study of program graduates, who were overwhelmingly supportive of the program. (CT)

At Hunter College an alternative master's program for social workers who cannot give up employment for full-time study replaces the traditional scheduling with three flexible time periods: pre-fieldwork and post-fieldwork, part-time coursework, and one-year, four-day-a-week fieldwork experience in the place of employment. (MSE)

Parents who were engaged in farming as an occupation felt that they provided their sons and daughters greater assistance in developing and conducting supervised occupational experience than parents who were engaged in either agribusiness or nonagricultural occupations. (LRA)

Describes Lester Hill, a simulated corporation, that students utilize in education for clerical, secretarial, or distributive services. Following job interviews, students, assigned to appropriate jobs, process computer cards (simulated merchandise) through sales, warehouse, traffic, and accounting departments. Reviews roles of management, outside…