To give students the necessary basic economic concepts in the general business course, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, New York, expanded the curriculum to offer seven quarter-courses in economics, the court system, principles of banking and insurance, consumer education, the working citizen, and business management. (MF)

The author states that business teachers should help students in all phases of career education to develop positive self-images so that they will perform better in school and in life. He suggests some published materials for teachers' use in learning how to develop positive self-images in their students. (MF)

Surveys of community college graduates and of certified public accountants were made to determine employment relevance of the accounting curriculum. The article suggests topics from the study data which should be included in taxation courses, e.g., income tax accounting, corporate taxation accounting, and tax law. (MF)

Proposes and describes the Statement of Student Trainee Learning Objectives (SSLO), an alternative (which combines the individual student's behavioral learning objectives and the management by objectives used by business and industry) to the traditional training plan for the on-the-job learning experiences of business/distributive education…

Business education enrollments can be increased by means of the recordkeeping course. It is a valuable general offering since it meets both personal finance and job skill needs. It provides an opportunity for some students to explore career opportunities in business and start on a career plan. (EM)

In response to the challenge to expand the basic business curriculum, the authors describe a program for high school business students in which the computerized business game is used to promote a better understanding of the free enterprise system. (EM)

Two curriculum guides for postsecondary information systems programs are those of the Association for Computing Machinery and the Data Processing Management Association. The National Business Education Association offers both a Business Teacher Education Curriculum Guide and a K-14 Curriculum Guide. (CH)

This statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education concerns the goals of business education, contributions of business education to general education and to the comprehensive high school, and support of business education for business. (CT)

The National Business Education Association Business/Industry Task Force conducted a survey of companies throughout the United States that hire large numbers of management-support employees in order to obtain information about current and future plans for office automation, particularly word processing. Survey results are reported as well as…

Elements of the interviewing process are explored: preliminary research on the company (what to look for and where to find it); importance of first impressions (being on time, being prepared, dressing correctly, shaking hands, eye contact); open-ended questions; discussing salary; post-interview evaluation; and writing a note to the interviewer.…

Discusses vocational programs' tendency to continue preparing females for low-paying, dead-end jobs. Enrollment patterns for vocational and office occupations programs are presented and suggestions are given for alleviating the problem of sex discrimination in vocational programs. (HD)

Views the present status of the data entry system, the hardware involved, and the keypunch as part of this hardware. It is noted that the demand for keypunch operators will probably be just as great between 1976-80 as it is today. (HD)

The business, marketing, and management cluster curriculum project was designed to develop and field test an orientation curriculum guide so teachers could provide ninth and tenth grade students with in-depth learning experiences relating to business occupations. Each of two basic occupational areas (office and marketing occupations) was divided…

To answer the challenge of public criticism of higher education, innovative practical liberal arts and business education programs are being implemented at a state college in Washington. (AG)

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