Describes a program of the California Western School of Law to encourage inner city high school students to aspire to higher education and possibly law school. The young students, usually about 25, attend weekly sessions at the law school where law students lead such activities as role-playing job interviews, a mock criminal trial, and analysis of…

The purpose of this report is to provide information on the outcomes of the Intervention for College Attendance Program, a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations, and community-based organizations. Prior to the 2008-09 biennium, the program focused on provision of college awareness and the…

This document contains supporting materials from five case studies illustrating the All Aspects of the Industry (AAI) approach. AAI provides a framework for redesigning programs around broadly conceived, interdisciplinary, industry-focused programs and integrating academic and vocational education. Materials from the Boston (Massachusetts) Public…

Descriptions are provided of eight career initiatives that were cited by the American Association for Career Education as programs, practices, and publications that work. Each description is accompanied by the name, address, and telephone number of a contact person. The initiatives are as follows: (1) Beyond High School Magazine, a 36- to 42-page…

The purpose of the Student Career Introduction Program (SCIP) was to introduce minority and female students to careers in engineering, accounting, architecture, medicine, law, and computer science. In the 1986-87 program year, 30 students (20 females, 10 males) were selected to participate; of these, 14 were minority members (10 females, 4 males).…

The purpose of the South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment (SCCTR) is to provide leadership in identifying, attracting, placing, and retaining well-qualified individuals for the teaching profession in South Carolina. In doing so, SCCTR strives to respond to changing needs for teachers from underrepresented populations, in critical subject…

Foreign language teachers must do some career counseling if their students are to be informed about the choice of profession and application of foreign language skills and knowledge. Because most teachers do not have time or resources to do full-scale counseling, Macon College (Georgia) has instituted an internship program for foreign language…

A total of 55 teachers, 5 administrators, 8 pupil services staff members, 3 parents, and 10 student leaders responded to a career guidance improvement survey at Brashear High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) by grouping 12 competencies into 3 career development competencies to be included in the local standards: (1) self-knowledge; (2)…

In order to promote the goal of increasing the number of women holding the nontraditional role of formal leadership in the Florida system of vocational education, a 2-week training institute for women teachers was conducted at the University of South Florida, Sarasota campus. Selected to participate in the institute were 24 women from eight…

This document is a collection of career profiles providing details on over 100 different careers in the sciences and mathematics. Each profile offers information on work performed, working conditions, hours and earnings, education and training, licenses and certification, personal qualifications, social and psychological factors, location,…

This document presents the Public/Private Partnership Programs, a school-community project developed in 1981 by the District of Columbia public schools and the private sector community to provide career-focused high school programs. The project was designed to motivate and support young people to stay in school, graduate from high school, and…

This issue examines successful partnerships in the Northwest that have emerged from strategic alliances between business and education. Some models are described briefly. These partnerships are then described: Private Initiatives in Public Education (PIPE), the adopt-a-school conduit; Business Youth Exchange, a structure for work-study; Business…

The Florida Department of Education (FDE) is developing an educational blueprint for the 1990s with a strong commitment to vocational and adult education. Commitments are being made to implement career education concepts, extend job awareness experiences to the elementary grades, counsel students to ensure early career plans, enhance vocational…

This publication highlights some of the activities that have been successful career exploration experiences for students. The activities are in response to the Ohio Division of Vocational and Career Education's goal of improving sex equity in vocational and technical education programs. Five activities are described: Career Awareness Program…

The paper describes the efforts of five school districts, five private agencies, and an area vocational-technical school to meet the vocational needs of learning and behaviorally disabled students. The consortium developed a four-phase plan to meet these students' needs: (1) cooperation to set up school-based vocational evaluation services; (2)…