This document is the full text of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 to Public Law 90-222. These amendments authorize funds for continuation of programs begun under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which established the Job Corps and the work and training program for youth and adults, the special impact programs, and the urban and…

This booklet contains national apprenticeship standards for use by Automotive Service Councils in the training of future automotive mechanics, body repairmen, painters, and other specialized professional technicians. It begins with a brief presentation of apprenticeship policy. The major contents are provisions of standards on the following:…

A new, continuous progress learning year calendar, described in the document, has been prepared for the Culinary Institute of America, to enable the Institute to realize desired educational and space utilization objectives more effectively, while increasing Institute capacity. In addition, the continuous learning year calendar introduces a…

The carpentry work standards contained in the guide cover basic requirements for effective apprenticeship and are offered to assist local organizations of contractors and journeymen in establishing local systems of apprenticeship and improving existing systems. Twenty-five items to be considered when adapting national standards to local use are…

Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) is a program which provides students with a comprehensive secondary education that exposes them to a cumulative series of planned, personalized learning experiences in a wide variety of life and work settings. To determine possible program implementation, the Far West Laboratory (FWL) has engaged a series…

The purpose of the project was to design and present an inservice education program for work experience teachers and coordinators in order to improve their operational effectiveness at the school/classroom level. A series of five three-hour programs were conducted at five California locations. A total of 503 participants, representing 211 school…

Factors affecting the nonagricultural employment of youth are examined in the research study. Chapters in the report discuss a brief history of child labor laws in the United States; the links between the economy and the social goals of society and how child labor laws reflect and yet sometimes contradict economic realities; the economics of the…

The primary reason for the Federal Highway Administration Cooperative Education Program is to work with colleges and universities in developing preprofessional personnel by assigning work projects which complement academic study. Primary responsibility for the program rests with the Office of Personnel and Training, with on-the-job supervision…

College of the Mainland (COM) has supported a cooperative education program for business majors since 1969. This program is a one-, two-, or three-semester plan that offers a student work in the community during his studies at COM. Each of the three co-op courses offers four hours credit for exploratory, career preparatory, or career retraining or…

To investigate the relationship between enrollment in agricultural work experience programs and the social behavior, academic performance, and vocational preparation of academically handicapped youth, this investigation utilized a study group of 85 students in special agricultural work experience programs (AWE) and 74 students in regular…

The Bridgeport (Conn.) Career Education program has three basic functions: (1) preparation for career choice through the study of self-appraisal or self-realization and occupational information, (2) career preparation through basic education skills, employability skills, actual skill attainment and related skills, and (3) placement and follow-up.…

This study investigates the post-high school influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) on the earning capacity of participatns in Houston, Texas. The influence of NYC participation is investigated employing a methodology of a control group design together with data analyses using multiple regression and analysis of covariance. The…

The final report of the Cooperative Industrial Education (CIE) Coordinators' Workshop (New Jersey, 1973) includes statements relating to conference objectives, edited transcripts of presentations, summary statements by group discussion leaders, an evaluation of the conference proceedings, and an introductory statement of accomplishments that…

The basic goal of the Correlated Curriculum Program (CCP) is to upgrade the education of the "general" or nonacademic student. Since the students have not responded to traditional teaching methods, emphasis is placed on "learning by doing." To attain this objective the students explore career opportunities through skill-tryouts for clusters of…

A comprehensive study of the vocational education needs, services, and funding in the State of Washington is described and documented in this report. The total study report was issued in two parts. Part One of the study, available in this issue as VT 021 097, summarizes the major findings and presents recommendations for improvement of vocational…