The author examines the commitment of three large corporations, International Business Machines, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and Xerox Corporation, in the education of their employees. Included in the article are the basic corporate motivations, and the cooperation of established colleges and universities. (DE)

The subject of this report is the impact of microelectronic technology on the process of skill formation with particular reference to two industries: banking and textiles. A recent research effort sought to identify and understand how changes in the structure and nature of skills were affecting the process of skill formation and the balance of…

A project was designed to meet the needs of gifted and talented vocational students and to train students to be entrepreneurs. Objectives were to develop criteria to identify and select gifted and talented vocational students, identify instructional materials and methods to introduce entrepreneurship skills, and to develop or locate an instrument…

To gather information on how the business education curriculum in secondary schools is being affected by changing trends, questionnaires were sent to State and local business education supervisors. Some aspects of instructional innovations are discussed based on the responses gained from the national survey, particularly the responses of 78 local…

Collected from 144 questionnaires are 22 descriptions of instructional programs in clerical skills for educable mentally handicapped, disadvantaged, or otherwise handicapped high school students. Usually provided are the contact person's name, the name of the program, the address of the program, the handicap/disadvantage, age of students, length…

The course described in this pamphlet is for the student interested in typewriting for vocational use, and includes activity-oriented exercises concerning carbon copies, envelopes, postal cards, announements, memoranda, and two styles of business letters. Contents include occupational relationships, enrollment guidelines, performance objectives…

In order to determine the professional education competencies of selected community college vocational instructors, a mail survey questionnaire containing 99 competencies together with a five-point Likert-type scale was used to gather data from a random sample of 160 instructors of business and distributive education at the community college level…

The purpose of this year-length project was to provide the structures and procedures which can enable administrative and teaching personnel to update their business education programs in Grades 9 through 12 to fit local needs currently not being met in existing curriculums. To reduce the dropout rate, develop options in vocational education, and…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) surveying Egyptian education. Elementary education is compulsory. It begins between the ages of six and eight and lasts six years. The curriculum includes Arabic, religion, social subjects, hygiene, arithmetic, community singing, music, physical education, drawing and…

This regional 1998-2000 guide (one of four--Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West) lists community colleges and technical, trade, and business schools in the Southeast United States. School listings are arranged alphabetically by state, and within each state, alphabetically by the school's name. At the end of each volume is a regional index…

This regional 1998-2000 guide (one of four--Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West) lists community colleges and technical, trade, and business schools in the Western United States. School listings are arranged alphabetically by state, and within each state, alphabetically by the school's name. At the end of each volume is a regional index…

This regional 1998-2000 guide (one of four--Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West) lists community colleges and technical, trade, and business schools in the Northeast United States. School listings are arranged alphabetically by state, and within each state, alphabetically by the school's name. At the end of the volume is a regional index…

After recognizing the problem areas in business education and the need for reexamination of goals and directions which would emphasize career education, the authors present a model to stimulate thinking about a core curriculum approach for business education that is in conformance with career education goals. (HD)

Discusses the education crisis and the debate on the merits of business involvement in secondary education. Compares the U.S. system to that in Germany and Japan. (JOW)