Determination and preserverance proved to be the winning ingredients when New Jersey colleges confronted the government for allocation of funds. (Author)

In this volume are discussed: (1) an assessment of the national potential for expansion of cooperative education (employer utilization of undergraduate student manpower, student participation in cooperative education, expansion in higher education institutions, and employer use of graduate manpower); (2) an assessment of the effectiveness of…

The federal government needs to provide employment and training assistance to help dislocated workers to become reemployed. Worker mobility assistance should not be focused upon as a major thrust of reemployment programs, since American workers are remarkably resistant to pressures to move to more promising labor markets. Efficient and effective…

The 58 career education abstracts included in the document represent the projects selected for the second three-year round of vocational examplary projects supported by the Office of Education under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. In a standardized format, the abstracts provide information about each individual project. Abstracts are…

A change is needed in the present arrangements for the transition of youth (ages 14 to 20) from education to work to improve their access to roles which aid in occupational maturity. There are a number of components to an improvement effort and, within the components, there are alternative approaches such as starting with a process rather than a…

The publication provides a listing of exemplary and innovative occupational education programs and projects designed to serve as models for use in vocational contracts with local educational agencies, colleges and universities, and other public and private agencies for the development and operation of the programs. The listing, which is arranged…

As mandated by the Vocational Education Act of 1976, an evaluation was made of Pennsylvania's vocational guidance program for the 1979-80 through 1981-82 fiscal years. The study objectives were to describe the funded projects, evaluate their impact, and explore local capacity development. The study was guided by evaluation questions in five areas:…

This paper provides program planners with some innovative ideas that have been used in all phases of various multi-service programs for high-risk youth. Chapter 2 focuses on strategies for assessing participant needs. Diagnosis, learning disabilities and remediation, and staff training are discussed. Chapter 3 considers elimination of service gaps…