The United States Commissioner of Education enumerated several positive aspects of the unanticipated success of career education: Section 406, Title 4, P.L. 93-380 made career education a law of the land; career education has been appropriated its own funds; a National Advisory Council on Career Education is to be formed; and further emphasis to…

President Ford's pledge to bring education and employers together in a new climate of credibility requires the cooperative planning of the Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare; Commerce; and Labor. Sidney P. Marland's idea of career education is receiving a new thrust. The concept of completing an education within a certain time span is…

In the past schools and colleges have tended to set themselves apart from the world of business and industry. Today, the national organization of resources for career education is receiving a new thrust. The vocational and educational needs of today's students are growing national concerns. The lack of emotional preparation for work as well as…

The Center for Vocational and Technical Education initiated the Occasional Paper Series to provide educators and other interested individuals with information dealing with critical issues and problems surrounding the education of human beings. The interest of the center in the entire career education concept stimulated it to include in this series…