The new thrust to strengthen our national defense preparedness will create new opportunities for vocational education as defense-related training becomes increasingly important. Educators can take steps to make coping with skill shortages in the military services and defense industries easier and more productive. (JOW)

Summarizes eight papers presented during the Nation's Bicentennial Congress in Adult and Continuing Education (New York City). Focus is on adults' educational needs in career, vocational, and technical areas. Among topics covered are the future of adult education; research on adult learners; continuing education; womens education; and local,…

Despite the recent emphasis on teaching the basic skills at the high school level, educators must not forget that vocational education, and apprenticeship training in particular, remains as important as ever to the economic development of the Nation. To meet the mandate for linkages and collaboration that appears in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational…

Vocational guidance is a comprehensive, developmental program designed to meet the career development, vocational education, and employment needs of all ages in all communities. Federal legislation emphasizes vocational guidance and counseling programs as essential to the successful placement of individuals in careers. The Vocational Education Act…

Highlights listed for the Department of Education's Intra-Agency Committee on Education's third year include issuance of the national rural education policy statement (October 1984), sponsorship of a national forum on rural education with 697 attendees (June 1984), formation of a Subcommittee on Rural Education Data, continued liaison with other…