Kenneth B. Hoyt passed away on August 27, 2008. He leaves a comprehensive legacy of insights and initiatives about the relationship of education and work, the importance of career development as a mission of schools, and the role of school counselors in these important processes. This article reviews Dr. Hoyt's 50-year-long body of work.

Discusses the characteristics of an age of technology, characteristics of the technology for guidance, and what "new" means in this context. (JOW)

Presents a study that examined research articles, grant reports and program manuals in order to develop a comprehensive list of career development interventions. Outlines steps involved in the creation of a taxonomy of interventions, with a description of each taxon of interventions and its implications. (Contains 22 references.) (GCP)

Youth who intend to enter the work force directly after high school need systematic career interventions, especially assessment. The Career Development Assessment and Counseling Model is a useful measure of life-role salience, career maturity, and values. (SK)

The use of the term "career development" as descriptive of both the factors and processes influencing individual career behavior and as synonymous with intervention in career behavior is relatively recent. Article reviews the legacy of the 20th century and considers selected theoretical and practical issues likely to be prominent in the…

Article discusses the importance of collaboration among professional organizations, government entities, and counselors on behalf of career development. Provides examples of possible international and national collaborative initiatives and policy emphases. (Author/JDM)

Presents four roles appropriate to professional organizations in using technology in career development: clarifying the meaning of technology in career development; identifying the counselor's role in technology; encouraging appropriate preparation of counselors in the use of technology in career development; and stimulating attention to the…

Of three groups of college students, 45 students were given career counseling only; 37 received counseling and the Strong Interest Inventory (SII); and 28 received counseling and used the DISCOVER computer guidance system. All three groups increased certainty about career and academic goals. Use of SII or DISCOVER had no significant effects. (SK)

Describes the major elements of a lifespan, life-space approach to career development. Looks at the origins of these elements and briefly describes their evolution. Suggests five categories of possible future refinements in this approach so as to enhance theory building, testing, and synthesizing this model's applicability. (RJM)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) as a measure of vocational maturity. The findings indicate that scores on the CMI incrementally increase by grade level. However, the rate and level of this increase is influenced by sex, school, and curriculum effects. (Author)

Contributions include awareness of needs for linking today's educators to future options, for constantly assessing oneself for setting goals and making decisions, and for considering career education as a life long process. (MU)

Combined effects of racism and sexism in the workplace subject African-American woman to more discrimination than either Black men or White women. Examines racism and sexism in employment practices and in the career development and aspirations of African-American women. Identifies coping system of African-American women who avoid career fields in…

A group of 111 African American college students completed Turner's scales on perceived discrimination against blacks and women and a racial identity scale. Racial identity and perceptions of discrimination were not significantly predictive of traditional African American career aspirations. (SK)

Discusses these issues in life style and career development in counselor education at Pennsylvania State University: curriculum; structure of instruction; encouragement for life style and career development content area; student reactions to content; and application of content in supervised experience. Refers to the Council for the Accreditation…

Each year, millions of state and federal education funds are spent on career development interventions for America's teenagers. However, no uniform nomenclature, definition, and organization of these interventions exists in the professional literature. This hampers communication among and between practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. The…