Successful career development programs must be based on current and future organizational requirements for management, professional, and technical personnel and should promote and guide career development planning to meet those specific needs. (SSH)

The author has sketched briefly the major issues that were in dispute, their historical development, and the method of their resolution in the Job Training Partnership Act. (SSH)

Summarizes experiences of five elementary school librarians in Hawaii in organizing and training student assistants. The librarian's role, selection of student assistants, job duties, teaching the assistants, recruiting assistants, tips for shelf readers, and incentives and rewards are noted. Four references are provided. (EJS)

Provides citations and abstracts from documents in the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with community college efforts to meet the needs of their service districts through cooperative educational ventures of external organizations and agencies. (DMM)

The authors address the need of workers to pursue various kinds of education and training. They describe how a workplace counselor can help workers gain greater access to information, training, and educational opportunities in order to deal with work and personal changes. (Editor/CT)

Discusses how the idea that increasing literacy among the masses would result in disinterest in manual labor and increased social unrest affected education in Italy between 1809-1939. Government policies, which called for manual labor programs in primary schools to provide realistic training for students from lower socio-economic classes, are…

The authors propose studying organizational equivalents as parts of the wider societal context. They focus specifically on British-German comparisons. The role of culture as a variable in comparing work organizations and manpower training is discussed. Research findings are presented. (CT)

Discusses the results of a survey of college graduates to determine the kinds of writing they did at home or at work, how they felt their writing compared with that of other graduates, the circumstances under which they usually wrote, and whether college courses had adequately prepared them for their writing demands. (HTH)

Explores the writing needs of probation officers and how this kind of writing can best be taught to college students specializing in criminal justice. Discusses how to gather information and prepare presentence reports and how to remain objective in corrections writing. Compares corrections reporting with traditional technical writing. (HTH)

Research on the reversibility of early cognitive deficits and on the remediation of poor school achievement suggests that an expanded national investment in developing cognitive competence of adolescents and young adults is warranted. Public policies should encourage programs that provide basic academic skills rather than trade skills alone.…

Describes how the ability to speak Spanish facilitated news reporting on a big city newspaper for a student with no journalism education experience. (AEA)

Results of a preliminary experiment indicate that online computer-assisted instruction covering objective information is equal to or superior to traditional methods of training new student library workers. While it costs essentially the same, it frees staff members for other duties. (Author/RAA)

Provides information on the financial support of scientific research in Austria, including comments on the training, employment, and future activities of chemists in this country. (Author/JN)

Describes a comprehensive high school in Atlanta, Georgia, which improved the education of its Black, underprivileged students by upgrading the school's image and making it the hub of community activity. The principal's charismatic leadership enhanced student opportunities by forging strong ties with the community. For journal availability, see SO…

Reviews economic and sociological theories that identify structural and personal factors associatied with unemployment. Suggests a policy approach for dealing with the problem, hypothesizing that effective social network systems and sponsorship groups are needed to help presently unemployed youth gain entry and acceptance into the labor market.…