This report focuses on one of the State University of New York's (SUNY's) applied learning initiatives that includes work-based activities, e.g., co-ops, internships, work study, and clinical placement (SUNY Works). With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, SUNY asked the Rockefeller Institute of Government to examine applied…

This practice brief profiles three programs, two statewide and one local, that provide work opportunities to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients who are participating in vocational education programs. The authors selected programs that combine vocational education and paid work because this strategy reinforces the emphasis of…

Materials in this sourcebook were prepared from the program of a workshop on position development for student work-learning programs at Berea College. Discussions center upon categories of student assignments and special attributes of student manpower; preparation of effective job descriptions to achieve goals of employer, student, and educational…

Article detailed the money being spent on programs designed to give students the opportunity to work at jobs closely related to their career goals, individual interests, or academic fields of study. (Author/RK)

Described is an 8-week vocational program for senior high school special education students in environmental maintenance. (SBH)

For the purpose of exchanging experience and promoting the work, the People's Daily newspaper in Peking, China, published a series of discussions on how to run May 7 Cadre Schools. The first seven discussions dealing with the objective of and guidelines for the schools and the attitudes of cadres toward the schools are translated in this journal…

Describes the College of the Mainland's "Learn and Earn" program, an educational retraining program through which jobless students learn new skills while they work on campus in jobs related to their current skills. Shows that the program benefits the school, while supplying tuition and living expenses to students. (DMM)

Describes the work-study program at Berea College in Kentucky and its benefits. (JOW)

The Archway School in Brooklyn, New York, has developed a work study program for non-college-potential learning disabled students 17-years-old and older which stresses development of readily employable office and industrial skills. (DB)

This report describes the Work-Study Project--Services to the Aging at the University of Denver. The project was designed to sensitize students in their understanding of the role and functioning of older people in a changing social structure and through a field work and academic program, to acquaint students with the occupational and professional…

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SIX DIFFERENT COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED TO ASSESS THEIR COMMON FEATURES, INNOVATIONS, AND SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES. THESE PROGRAMS WERE OF A MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL NATURE, DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SLOW LEARNERS. DATA WERE SECURED BY MEANS OF INTERVIEWS WITH KEY PERSONNEL,…

This article describes a residence hall security system which utilizes students as security aides. The program is an integral part of the Syracuse University Security System. (DOW)