A study to determine the degree of vocational awareness of Australian students leaving school and entering the world of work was carried out using a printed questionnaire. A sample of fourth formers in four different schools was used (281 boys and 162 girls): (1) 53.0% of the sample--co-educational school, largely executive-type suburb outside…

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to discover what educational and vocational decisions selected seniors and senior dropouts had made, (2) to investigate some selected variables important to the decisions of the students, and (3) to discover some important implications from this research to assist counselors, teachers, curriculum…

The purpose of this project was to establish a demonstration program to provide guidance services for: (1) non-college bound high school seniors, (2) recent high school graduates currently unemployed, and (3) former high school students who had dropped out of school within 3 years of initiation of the project. Specific objectives included: (1)…

This study was conducted to develop, implement, prototype test, and disseminate a model guidance training program that can be used to prevent the high rate of student dropouts in rural Texas schools. Two school districts, New Caney and Waller, served as demonstration sites for prototype testing. The program was designed by a team of…