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Hartz, John D.; And Others – 1978
This publication contains a summary of the literature and research review conducted in order to identify personal/social skills and characteristics important to getting and keeping jobs. Also included are the results obtained from surveys conducted with employees who were graduates of postsecondary vocational technical programs, employees who hire…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Choice, Career Planning, Employer Attitudes
Knitzer, Jane; And Others – 1978
This book is the seventh Children's Defense Fund report on major problems facing American children at risk of placement or already placed out of their homes. The findings are based on a survey of child welfare and probation offices in a stratified random sample of 140 counties (27 with populations over 300,000, and 113 with populations under…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect
Download full textLoring, Rosalind K. – 1979
This report presents issues which have been identified as affecting the preparation of women for professional and managerial careers. Issues examined in the first section, counseling, are educational and psychological skills; assessment of skills, abilities, opportunities, and realities; specialization for professional positions; assessment of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Affirmative Action, Child Care, Counseling
Owen, Thomas R. – 1979
The main purpose of a 1978-79 evaluation of the Jackson County E.S.D. (Educational Service District) Community Experiences in Career Education--(CE)2--program was to investigate the student turnover rate which for two years had exceeded fifty percent. The program provided experience-based career exploration opportunities for high school juniors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Dropouts
Daugherty, Ronald D.; And Others – 1979
This student job guide is designed to assist students in making decisions by providing information regarding the options available to them. The guide is comprised of three major parts. Part 1 is designed to introduce and train students in the important aspects of job finding. It covers the following topics: evaluate youself, nontraditional jobs,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Employment, Employment Interviews
BUCKLAND, ROSCOE V. – 1958
A SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF POPULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS CONDUCTED BY BEREA COLLEGE. THE IDENTIFIED EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES WERE ATTACKED IN THE RESULTING RURAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVED OVER 5,000 CHILDREN, 63 TEACHING FELLOWS, AND 38 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. THE AIMS OF THE PROJECT WERE--(1) TO SELECT…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
BROWN, DAVID G. – 1965
THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, AND EVALUATE THE CURRENT PROCEDURES BY WHICH COLLEGE JOBS ARE FOUND AND FILLED, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ACADEMIC LABOR MARKET AND THE ACTIVITIES OF NEARLY 2,500 PLACEMENT AGENCIES. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO 10,312 PERSONS, OVER ONE-THIRD OF ALL NEWLY APPOINTED COLLEGE TEACHERS, WHO…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AIMS TO SHOW THAT VOCATIONAL TRAINING LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT, INTENSIVE COUNSELING, BASIC EDUCATION CLASSES, AND A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP OF RELEASEES CAN DECREASE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AND EFFECT ENOUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN INMATES TO TURN THEM INTO USEFUL CITIZENS. TRAINING…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Appliance Repair, Auto Mechanics, Behavior Change
Ministry of Education, Copenhagen (Denmark). – 1978
This document is a report of the activities undertaken to help youths in Denmark find or train for employment under the provisions of the Employment Plan during the years 1978-1980. The report covers the history of the Employment Plan, a description of its Youth Programme, the various types of activities initiated by local and county authorities,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
Craig, Alan; And Others – 1980
Link courses and other cooperative educational programs designed for secondary school students in New South Wales were evaluated in 1979. Link courses/programs are instructional sessions in which secondary students attend a postsecondary institution, or in which postsecondary faculty give lessons to students at the secondary school. The study was…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Instruction, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Education
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1976
Presented are highlights of the major recommendations offered by over 200 professionals who participated in the National Forum on Pathways to Employment, a meeting on problems relating to the job preparation and placement of handicapped individuals. An initial section lists legislative recommendations, administrative recommendations,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Architectural Barriers, Attitudes, Child Advocacy
Farber, Bernard; And Others – 1960
A case study was made by interviewing 268 couples who had at home a child they considered severely mentally retarded (IQ 50 or below, age 15 or below). Three kinds of effect were investigated, including general effect, effect of social setting (variables being social-psychological, social-organizational, and demographic-ecological), and joint…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Decision Making, Ecological Factors
Beall, J. Glenn, Jr.; Pell, Claiborne – 1975
The bill proposes to provide financial assistance to States and other agencies and institutions to assist them to: operate and improve existing programs of vocational education; develop new programs of vocational education; provide vocational guidance, counseling, and placement; and provide part-time employment for those who need it. Details are…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Troutman, Bruce E. – 1975
This practicum report deals with the development and implementation of a nongraded program of instruction in the primary levels of a public school. Progam activity, from the initial informational and planning phases, through development and implementation, and, finally, to postprogram assessment, is the subject and substance of the report. The…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Continuous Progress Plan, Curriculum, Educational Planning
Hagiwara, Michio P. – The Foreign Language Courier, 1969
In the 1968-69 controversy over the foreign language requirement for the B.A. degree in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts of the University of Michigan, the College faculty chose a compromise solution to the policy in practice since 1954 of a required 4-semester study of a foreign language with placement testing. Policy alternatives…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Administration, College Admission, College Curriculum
