The article points out how the Junior Achievement program has provided youth with hands-on work experience and the responsibilities of administering a small business. Program goals, operation, and expansion over its 55 year history are described. (Author/MS)

A coop program that combines community college instructors, business students, and a responsive business community is described. Kelly Temporary Service acted as go-between for students and the business community. In this way, the students were exposed to a variety of jobs, made money, and earned college credit. (CT)

A high school Business Enterprise Training Program allows students to participate as a management team in charge of a variety of classroom business enterprises. Teaching strategies, activities, and organization for the program's experiences in basic business principles and management techniques are discussed. (Author/MS)

Consists of five articles on entrepreneurship in the business education curriculum. Topics include (1) using the small business owner as a resource, (2) women-owned business, (3) small business training as a management development tool, (4) appropriateness for the secondary level, and (5) teaching entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth. (CH)

A study of 427 univrsity accounting students was conducted to gain insight on student perceptions of career success factors and related data. Findings show that female students appear less confident than male students, and professionals in finance and accounting and students disagree significantly on the importance of various career success…

The typewriting methods course at Southern Illinois University is taught utilizing various forms of media including color slides, transparencies, learning modules for self-instruction, formulation of behavioral objectives, and videotapes. A major part of the students' activities involves preparing and using media in class presentations and…

Six suggested units for a records management course on the high school level and five teaching strategies for the course are presented, along with information about the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, and the course materials available from this organization. (MF)

Secretarial survival skills of communication, organization, and decision making should be incorporated into the secretarial training program, according to the author. She discusses these skills in relation to career mobility. (MF)

This feature section presents six articles on selected business topics. (AG)

Describes how an office simulation experience that combines a 2-quarter laboratory experience with an office internship in the local business community is being conducted by Everett Community College in Everett, Washington. (HD)

Points out that the employment of secretaries is expected to rise faster than the average for all occupations through the 1980s. This presents a challenge for business teachers: training students with necessary skills to fill these vacancies. (JOW)

Considerations for business educators in developing and teaching entrepreneurial education are described. Educational needs include preservice and in-service business ownership and management skills, which may be incorporated in adult, postsecondary, and secondary business education. (MF)