Universities can prepare students for work, and universities can educate increasingly diverse student cohorts, but can they do both concurrently? This question of whether universities can offer equitable and inclusive careers education is increasingly under scrutiny. In this study, we address the largely under-theorised area of work-based…

At the University of Westminster, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures has developed a student employability and work-integrated learning project, "Career Management Skills" (CMS), for undergraduate language students. The main objective was to develop a comprehensive employability strategy for all students on all undergraduate…

Although a multitude of programs in higher education integrate formal pedagogy with practical work experience (e.g., internships, practicum, and cooperative education), their underlying logic is largely the same: to enhance the value of the learning experience through an integration of work and education. To date, however, there appears to be no…

To serve students more effectively, career counseling, placement, and cooperative education need to be integrated, providing a holistic approach to career development. (JOW)

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this booklet is the seventh in a series describing current, successful career education practices. This monograph presents a model for a placement and follow-up program, which involves the entire professional staff of a…

Career Guidance and job placement are integral elements of the career education concept. Career decision making, a major component, includes learning about self, the world of work, and the interrelationship of these factors. The total professional staff, including a placement coordinator, should be involved in a team approach to serve all…

If what individuals hope for in employment differs greatly from what successful individuals in that occupation consider the principal psychological needs satisfied by their jobs, chances for job satisfaction are dim. One way to predict job satisfaction is by relating self-selected psychological needs of an individual to the normatively-established…

Describes the Slice of Life program, which is based on the concept that career education is a lifelong process beginning in the early years. It is a vocational development program that highlights awareness, assessment, training, and placement. (JOW)

Prospective added secondary school involvement with job placement is of particular concern to those responsible for school policy, finance, curriculum, and administration. Forty considerations are identified which are beneficial in developing content areas of guidance programs. These could be included in career education programs as sub-topics.…

This interview focuses on job placement in relation to locus of responsibility, role of societal agencies, and career development. (Author)

Presented are the proceedings of two workshop/conferences given during 1974 on the strategies of 2-year colleges in responding to the career education needs of disabled students in New York State. It is noted that a total of 34 New York community colleges and 23 federal, state, and regional institutions sent representatives to at least one of the…

Describes a program for training people for working with word processing and computer terminal equipment for augmented secretarial roles in the automated office. Outlines selection criteria and major program components. Discusses certification and placement, reporting placement success over a three-year period. (JM)

Activities and accomplishments of a 3-year K-12 career education project are described. Components of the project were career awareness (grades K-7), occupational investigation (grade 8), exploratory and employability skills (grades 9-12), guidance and counseling, and placement and followup. Accomplishments of the last year of the project included…

The trend toward career education in the schools and its implications suggest the addition of job placement, especially client-centered placement, as part of the school counselor's responsibility. Planning for its eventual inclusion can only increase a counselor's ability to adapt in an ever-changing system of transient educational priorities.…