Addresses two substantive problems affecting vocational education--the vocational maturity of high school students and the insufficient involvement and support of vocational education by labor and business. Examines the counselor's role and asserts that counselors must perceive students as individuals in varying stages of psychosocial development.…

This study explores how women make decisions about educational transitions, focusing on the complex interaction of personal, social, cultural, economic, and institutional factors that influence women as they move from high school to work, from high school to college, and from the workforce back to school. It also compares men's and women's…