Australia entered the COVID-19 pandemic with a youth (15 to 24-year-old) unemployment rate of 11.6% in December 2019, three times higher than the 25 to 64-year-old unemployment rate of 3.6%. The strategies taken by governments to minimise the spread of COVID-19 have had widespread economic impacts. By July 2020, youth unemployment had risen to…

The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions.…

This article presents the winners of the 2012 Cliff Weiss Memorial Essay Contest. They are Naim Owens from Washington, DC, and Colissa Menke from Warrensburg, Missouri. The 2012 essay topic is "How do you feel CTE prepares individuals, including yourself, for a future career?"

The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions.…

While technology has made communicating "easy," it has done so at the cost of communication that is "meaningful." And for information to be internalized to the point where it is remembered, used and valued, it must be meaningful. In other words, technology makes it easy to disseminate massive amounts of information to the masses, but teaching a…

The Carl Perkins Act provides federal support for rigorous career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide students with knowledge and skills to keep the United States competitive. States are provided with funds which are in turn distributed to eligible recipients, such as local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary…

A FINAL REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED ON A CONFERENCE CONCERNING VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER PLANNING. FOLLOWING A PLANNING SESSION, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PROMINENT INNOVATORS IN SELECTED TOPIC AREAS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE. PARTICIPANTS PREPARED PAPERS FOR DISTRIBUTION PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE AND MADE…

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe training levels related to careers, employment, and influences of "new economy" in small and mid-sized firms. The organizational side of career development behaviors was also a focus of this study. Interviews related to company policies and practices were conducted with 26 employers…

This directory is designed to help people locate job and vocational-technical training and education in New Jersey which require less than a baccalaureate degree for completion. Part I is an alphabetical listing of job or occupational titles, derived from the programs offered in New Jersey's public and private institutions. The names of the…

This document contains the agenda and papers on work and training presented at the Agora VII meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in October, 1999. The Foreword describes each session with a list of the topics and papers, along with a brief introduction to the topics. The three sessions are: Work and Training in Society in the 21st Century; Working…

Synopses are provided for over 1,950 16 millimeter films available for public, non-profit exhibition on a free loan basis. Most of the films pertain to vocational education, industrial arts, safety, or office management. The films are listed alphabetically by title under a subject heading; these headings cover a broad range of specific subjects,…

Employer-based career education (EBCE) aims to familiarize students with a number of jobs and prepare them for those occupations by exposing them, first-hand, to various careers. Specifically, its goals are: 1) to reduce gratification lag by allowing earlier participation in occupations; 2) to aid students toward a responsible occupational choice…

The problem of assisting students to consider vocational-educational opportunities is discussed. To meet the needs of prospective vocational education students, a guidance system must help them in educational and vocational planning; interest them in the exploration of training opportunities, and motivate them to seek information and pursue…

This book explores high-skill and high-wage jobs available through two-year programs. It identifies 100 high-need occupational areas, and discusses "hot" programs and starting salaries for graduates of dental hygiene, manufacturing, process technology, telecommunications, physical therapy assisting, and registered nursing. Each career article…

These proceedings from a national invitational conference on partnerships between career guidance and work-related training contain 18 presentations. Welcoming remarks are followed by the opening address that touches upon broad contextual issues that are important as a rationale for, and as part of, the process of making partnerships work. The…