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Download full textGARCIA, WALTER M. – 1967
MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF RURAL YOUTH. THE CURRICULUM WAS DESIGNED TO EMPHASIZE THE TRANSFER PROGRAMS OF STUDENTS TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, THE COLLEGE EXPANDED CURRICULUM OFFERINGS IN THE TWO YEAR TERMINAL AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL AREAS OF EDUCATION, AND…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum
Grant, Dale F.; And Others – 1995
Gifted females have less frequently sought high-prestige and high-income careers due to a number of barriers. Some barriers are related to society's expectations of women, and others are related to the workplace itself. The most limiting and pervasive barrier is "sex role socialization's impact on the child's developing self-belief system"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academically Gifted, Adolescents
HORNER, JAMES T.; PETERSON, EVERETT E. – 1965
A MAJOR PROBLEM OF AMERICAN YOUTH TODAY IS THAT OF QUALIFYING FOR AND HOLDING A JOB. GENERAL EDUCATION IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO MUST OPERATE FARMS, MACHINES, SHOPS, AND OFFICES AND PROVIDE SERVICES. YOUTH FACE INCREASED JOB COMPETITION BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED SIZE OF THE 14- TO 24-YEAR AGE GROUP. UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUNG…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Colleges, Community Colleges, Dropouts
