Institute IV of a series of training institutes for vocational and related personnel in rural areas focused on increasing the social mobility potential of disadvantaged rural youth and adults by providing opportunities for improving occupational entry and advancement. Specific objectives of the institute were to offer participants opportunities…

While more new industrial jobs have been created in rural areas than in metropolitan centers in the last two decades, both white and minority rural workers lag behind their urban counterparts in vocational development. Since this rural labor force is composed mainly of the poor who have little schooling, formal skill training, or on-the-job…

This publication provides sources of information on rural youth employment. An annotated bibliography of 30 journal articles, federal publications, research reports, and books, published 1992-97, is divided into general topics, case studies, school-to-work issues, and guides. A list of 10 federal programs that provide assistance or funding for…

Stresses the importance of developing rural education initiatives that address the changing workforce in rural areas and the accompanying need for career preparation beyond high school. Describes a program at Edinboro University (Pennsylvania) that prepares rural high school students for career decision making and builds connections between rural…

Because of poor attitudes toward educational involvement and a lack of basic scholastic skills, some students do not succeed in the regular programs offered in the high schools. Intended to be an authoritative analysis of the literature in the field, this "state-of-the-art" paper should serve as a guideline for teachers concerned with the…