Presented as a speech at the Annual Meeting, National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, November 1968.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THIS PILOT PROJECT WERE TO (1) DEVELOP AND TEST INSTRUMENTS FOR GATHERING DATA RELEVANT TO QUANTITY AND TYPES OF ENTRY JOBS AVAILABLE IN A SELECTED COMMUNITY AND THE CONCOMITANT TALENTS DEMANDED BY BUSINESS FOR THESE JOBS, AND (2) DEVELOP AND TEST INSTRUMENTS FOR GATHERING DATA CONCERNING WORK ACTIVITIES OF RECENT DROPOUTS…

REGULAR MAIL ORDER CATALOGS MAY BE USED AS A SOURCE OF MATERIAL FOR TEACHING MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS TO GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. A UNIT CENTERING ABOUT THE USE OF SUCH CATALOGS WAS DEVELOPED IN A CLASS OF STUDENTS 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LOOKING UP AND ORDERING ITEMS FROM A CATALOG CAN…

STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS "HARD-CORE" FUTURE DROPOUTS BY COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, SHORT-TERM COURSE. SOME OF THE REALISTIC OBJECTIVES OF A TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS ARE--TO PREPARE STUDENTS WHO ARE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT, TO…

THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS AN INTERIM REVIEW FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1964-65 OF A 5-YEAR PROJECT WITH THE 1965 GRADUATING CLASSES OF THREE NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOLS. THE PROJECT WAS CONCERNED WITH (1) IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL ABILITIES OF THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, (2) STUDYING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCREASED GUIDANCE TIME WITH SUCH STUDENTS,…

THIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW APPROACH TO VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE THROUGH THE USE OF EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS. THE CHOICE OF APPROXIMATELY 150 SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS TO BE EXHIBITED WAS BASED ON SUCH CRITERIA AS (1) PROJECTED NUMBER OF WORKERS IN EACH OCCUPATION, (2) APPEAL OF SELECTED OCCUPATIONS TO SECONDARY, TRADE, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, (3) APPEAL OF…

At Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a needs assessment committee recommended the replacement of the traditional nine-month program with a quarter system using longer class sessions and allowing more individual attention. The committee members chose the Better Learning Opportunities for Children (BLOC) Program. Implementation involved…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE WHO GRADUATED OR LEFT SCHOOL DURING 1959-63. DATA ON 21,148 FORMER STUDENTS WERE COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRES FROM NEARLY ALL OF THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS IN THE STATE. IT WAS FOUND THAT, OF THOSE AVAILABLE FOR…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE 1959 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AT JUAB, SANPETE, AND SEVIER COUNTIES UTAH. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AS OF OCTOBER 1960, AND APRIL 1961, THROUGH THE USE OF MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS INCLUDED--(1) RATES OF COLLEGE ATTENDANCE ON THE PART…

This paper develops two models of the effects of social class on educational attainment. A large body of research has documented the positive relationship between social class and educational attainment. However, research has shown that there is no relationship between graduation from the first college attended and social class. Data to test these…

This report consists of five separate parts which bear on the problem of vocational-technical education in the county school district. Part One deals with an analysis of dropouts from the schools of the county during the years of 1960 through 1966. Questionnaires were sent to dropouts, graduates, and parents of both groups. Part Two deals with the…

The study set out to (1) obtain a profile of the student population, (2) identify student motivation, (3) identify the impact of the institute, and (4) note differences between regular students (Group A) and those in the Manpower Retrieval Project (Group B). Forty Group B and 66 Group A students were examined by questionnaire and interview. Among…