Of the more than two million seasonal farmworkers in the United States, nearly half are between the ages of 14 and 20 years. Although much has been done recently to meet some of the special needs of these migrant youth, they are still confronted with inadequate educational and training opportunities and limited career aspirations. In the forefront…

Texts from videotaped presentations which were part of the project "Interactive Television Colloquium Series on Career Education for Handicapped Adolescents" are presented in this document. (The project focused on responding to the need for preservice and inservice training for those individuals who are responsible for preparing handicapped…

This book shows the coordinator of a nontraditional occupations (NTO) program for women in a public postsecondary vocational-technical school how to run the program from planning through followup. Chapter 1 describes the benefits of an NTO program. Chapter 2 on planning and evaluation highlights groundwork to ensure that the program is needed and…

This monograph is designed for those charged with implementing career education programs. The first four of the nine sections clarify basic concepts. In section 1 career education is defined as an effort to help individuals acquire and utilize knowledge, skills, and attitudes which make work meaningful, productive, and satisfying. In section 2 the…

While the library is at the center of many campuses physically, it is often an overlooked and underused resource in improving the learning and success of first-year college students. Librarians, classroom faculty, administrators, and higher education researchers come together to explore the potential of the library in shaping the student…