In the next decade, more than half of all new American jobs will require some postsecondary education, yet the current college attainment rate for the nation is 39 percent. The challenges appear well before students begin college: one in four public high school students fails to graduate on time, and of those who graduate, one-third need remedial…

Seven observations made by a career education team (a counselor, an occupational specialist, and classroom teachers) provided the basis for establishing career guidance goals. The goals were devoloped around the accepted elements of career education and implemented in a teacher-counselor shared accountability effort in Florida's Pinellas County.…

Situational and personal barriers to the educational goals of nonwhite youths in Florida appear to be caused by a variety of subtle and complex factors deeply rooted in the environment of the youths: (1) cultural determinism; (2) attitudes of resistance and antagonism on the part of white teachers and counselors; (3) lack of information on the…