Defines service learning and looks at the benefits to the students, the school, and the community. Describes successful programs and offers guidelines for developing them in business education programs. (JOW)

This report examines the literature on practices and programs seeking to improve students' transition from adult education to postsecondary education. Ultimately, the report seeks to provide practitioners with models for effective strategies in transitioning students to postsecondary education that can be implemented at community colleges…

The need for transition services for students with exceptionalities is apparent and critical for their success after high school. It is essential for school professionals, parents, and students to work collaboratively and consultively to determine each student's future goals and develop an effective plan to meet those goals successively. This book…

A survey inventoried extant career development and job placement services offered for disabled students at New York State two-year colleges. Survey findings from 39 placement directors included (1) an assessment of the availability of 23 types of career development and job placement services for all students and those used by and/or with disabled…

Part of a collection of papers commissioned by Foundations, a project designed to examine the career development needs of students entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, this paper considers the role of experiential learning. Section I reviews basic concepts, theories, and models underlying experiential learning. Experiential…

The author discusses cooperative education at the postsecondary level. Topics include (1) college credit for work; (2) participant requirements; (3) benefits to students, including a salary and experience; (4) midcareer changes; and (5) benefits to employers. Several examples are provided. (CH)

Describes a post-secondary program in which learning is stressed instead of teaching, the role of the instructor is to assess, diagnose, prescribe and tutor, and programs are individualized in the fields of business, technology, and applied arts. (MU)

Mississippi's one-stop career centers are designed to cater to the demands of business in a highly competitive economy. The centers transform the community colleges from feeder institutions for universities to institutions in touch with the local community and economy by offering everything from traditional education programs to customized…

Explores reasons for the continuing underrepresentation of women in science and engineering using interviews with 46 women and 30 men. A poststructuralist approach, with aspects of discourse theory, is used to examine subject choices and occupational decision-making processes of female students of software engineering. (SLD)

Vocational guidance counselors face a number of concerns as they try to develop career guidance and counseling programs. Because of changes in the workplace as a result of high technology, phrases such as work readiness, career maturity, and career adaptability are essential to the understanding of where a person is in the career decision-making…

THE FAMILIAR "TYPING" OF STUDENTS AS COLLEGE PREPARATORY OR NONCOLLEGE PREPARATORY IS NO LONGER ADEQUATE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT. AS THE RANGE OF POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BECOMES HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED AND FORMAL EDUCATION STANDS BETWEEN MAN AND HIS JOB, THE CHOICE OF AN EDUCATIONAL PATTERN IS A VOCATIONAL CHOICE, AND A COMMITMENT…

Career education is a comprehensive educational program which begins in kindergarten and continues through the adult years. The need for developing career competence and awareness starts long before the student reaches the community college age. To effectively reach all populations, career education must be integrated into the curriculum at all…

Increasingly jobs that pay more than subsistence wages and offer opportunities for career advancement require at least some training beyond high school, even at the entry level. Bridge training programs are designed to prepare individuals without the requisite basic skills for postsecondary training leading to career-path employment and further…