The purposes of this study were to collect feedback from Sustainable Technologies interns regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of their education and training from the Maui Community College Instruction in Sustainable Technologies (MIST) program, and to further assess community need for a new Associate Degree program in Sustainable…

This is a report on the results of a market research project conducted by Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) (Wisconsin) to identify new occupational markets in the college's service area. The college scanned national job lists, employment databases, and northeastern Wisconsin employer advertisements. The college also surveyed employers in the…

Three key words--relevance, centrality, and innovation--are explored in this article. Four-year institutions and high schools may well envy the ease with which community colleges and technical institutes seem to meet the relevance criterion demanded of them. Occupational education should be the central function of post-secondary schools.…

National professional associations now recognize the need for a halt in the present unending proliferation of narrow technical specialists. (Author)

Participants identify objectives vital to the success of their programs. (Editor)

Discusses the implications for home economics in meeting the need for auxiliary workers. (SB)

Latest EPDA assessment predicts sharp upsurge in vocational teacher demand, assuming the cluster concept is universally adopted. (Editor)

Evaluates special education and rehabilitation needs and programs in Ghana and Nigeria. Finds tht Ghana is more committed to date to the needs of the disabled, but holds that both countries should devote more resources to short and long term personnel needs such as preservice and inservice training and research. (AOS)

The expertise of teacher educators is rarely used in educational programs run by private organizations and businesses, partly because a narrow view of teacher education pervades institutions which train teachers. Differences in school and nonschool programs are described, and ways for changing the situation are suggested. (Author/PP)

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…

Examines conditions perpetuating stereotypes of occupational programs, students, and faculty as inferior, suggesting ways of promoting occupational education. Assesses federal involvement in occupational education. Recommends a national master plan for occupational education and a marketing approach to planning to realize a new community college…

Past "elitist" development efforts modeled on Western academic education have failed to meet manpower needs but resist change due to popular preference for "modern" occupations. A new development strategy providing universal basic education and improved general living standards is needed. (Part of a theme issue on Third World educational…

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…

Examines the methodology of three case studies investigating the linkage between higher education and the world of work in the Sudan, Zambia, and Tanzania. Summarizes 12 main findings. Suggests the studies remain traditional human resources planning efforts. (NEC)

Increase in the number of individuals pursuing postsecondary schooling involves economic and social costs to the kibbutz. "Educational revolution" in the kibbutz refers to growing aspirations of the kibbutzim toward higher education. Measures taken by the kibbutz movement and individual kibbutzim to counteract the problems created by the…