Nearly 70 years after one of the most important U.S. Supreme Court rulings was handed down in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declaring segregated schools unconstitutional, the promise of desegregation has remained unfulfilled. However, there are still actions that can be taken to address the extant disparities in schools that exist in large…

How can states and schools use data to support their efforts to improve educational equity? "Building Educational Equity Indicator Systems: A Guidebook for States and School Districts," provides information to help state and school district leaders develop ways of tracking educational equity within their preK-12 systems. The guidebook…

The "Making it Work" book is for practitioners and managers working with people with learning difficulties in FE colleges, adult and community learning services, work-based learning and voluntary sector organisations. This book was produced as a result of a two-year project funded by the Department of Health. It provides information…

This booklet, one of a series on Canadian career opportunities, is designed for those who are interested in a career in sales. The sales occupations described include manufacturers, wholesale, technical and scientific sales representatives, sales managers, purchasing agents and buyers, and retail sales persons and managers. Special sales careers…

Addressed to women who are considering taking up full- or part-time employment or training or re-training later in life when family responsibilities are less pressing, this document may also help others who wish to or have to take up a different career. Focus is on employment and training opportunities in Great Britain. The first half contains…

This book is designed to aid high school students who plan to go to college, as well as college students and graduates, in making suitable career decisions. It is divided into two parts. The first names 20 typical college majors, and lists under each one a wide range of occupations to which the major can lead. A college graduate having difficulty…

The express purpose of this manual is for its use by business and industry in Kentucky as an aid to eliminate discrimination. Affirmative action is defined here as a comprehensive effort by an employer designed to: employ women and minority persons where they are under-utilized; include minority persons and women in all facets of the company's…

The book is presented as an aid to those who have decided to invest in, or who are seriously interested in investigating, a franchise opportunity. The material presented is an index of basic information a person should have about a particular franchise to enable him to make a valid determination as to whether or not a specific franchise is the…

The kinds of work that college degree holders may consider are presented in this document as three columns of information. Ninety-four different college majors are listed in the first column. In the second column, entitled "primary codes," occupational groups are listed which by custom, and in some cases, by job title and legal…

This handbook outlines the many employment opportunities available to men and women who join the army. It was prepared to be used by students, guidance personnel and Army recruiters, and includes a listing of related civilian occupations, allowing comparison between the two jobs. It is recommended that this handbook be used in conjunction with the…

This guide, prepared by the Canadian Office of Manpower and Immigration, intends to inform secondary students of many alternative employment possibilities and educate the students as to qualifications required. Interviews with workers in various fields of the protective services careers detail what students can expect and what is expected of them…

The manual was designed to offer a comprehensive and unified source of information on professional career planning in all fields of medicine and the allied health vocations. Section 1 deals with the fundamental question, "How does one prepare oneself to become a physician?" Beginning with the high school level, factual information is presented to…

A classification scheme is given for materials related to occupational and educational opportunities collected by the Rutgers College Placement Office Library. The scheme assigns a four digit number to each item. The first digit designates which of the library's general areas the material covers: general, occupational, educational, or one of the…

There is no end to the voluminous need for information and resources. Career counselors and employers alike, an underutilized source, will find that free-lance writing is a way to extend their help to others, is a fulfilling avocation, and is a source of extra income. (Author)

This handbook is divided into four major sections with the first section serving as a guide to the handbook. This introductory section tells how to use the handbook, where to go for more career information, how employment projections are made, and where tommorrow's jobs will be. The outlook for occupations in section 2 contains 300 occupational…