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Bass, Randall V.; Bass, Jo Ann F. – 1991
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a program operating on funds from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), was initiated at Arkansas State University in 1989. The 60-day program is targeted to economically disadvantaged 14- and 15-year-olds who are on grade level and have been identified as being likely to drop out of high school, but are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Programs, High Risk Students, High Schools
McNelly, Don E.; And Others – 1990
The purpose of this study was to ascertain reasons why high school students who did or did not participate in cooperative education work part time during the school year. The research was based on two questions: (1) the opinions of Tennessee high school students about working part time during the school year; and (2) differences in the two groups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Attendance, Career Choice
Dickson, C. R. – 1990
The Co-operative Education Department at Mohawk College is designed to extend the academic learning process into the workplace through on-the-job learning experiences which enhance the students' vocational maturation and personal development, and are integrated with the learning objectives of the program. The department offers paid, supervised…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Planning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
Glaser, Roberta E.; Kley, Raymond C. – 1982
Ohio's Occupational Work Adjustment (OWA) program is a one- to two-year ungraded vocational program for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds who have been identified as potential dropouts from the regular educational program. Begun on a pilot basis in 1967, OWA served over 80,000 students in 499 programs during the 1981-82 school year. The goal of OWA,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Download full textPickles, T. Anthony – 2000
The United Kingdom higher education system is being encouraged to provide opportunities for students to acquire key skills/employability skills and to become better learners with a greater awareness of their individual learning needs, including the need to develop habits that will lead to lifelong learning. A number of issues need to be resolved…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Developed Nations, Employment Potential, Extracurricular Activities
Austin, M. Carter – 1981
The Three-Tier Vocational Education Program serves economically disadvantaged and handicapped high school students in Duplin County, North Carolina. It is designed to assist these students in developing job-seeking, job-getting, and job-keeping skills in a partnership with high schools, James Sprunt Technical College, and the employing community.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Blacks, Community Colleges, Disabilities
Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle; Le Bot, Irene – 2000
The evolution of Germany's dual apprenticeship system and the challenges now facing it were reviewed. The following topics were considered: (1) the progression from craft guilds to vocational training; (2) the history of Germany's dual apprenticeship system from its organization in the 1970s; (4) apprenticeship in the dual system; (3) Germany's…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Certification, Change Strategies, Comparative Education
