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PDF pending restorationReubens, Beatrice G. – 1979
This study examines school-to-work transition services, encompassing educational and occupational information and guidance, as well as job placement, induction, and follow-up. Section 1 provides an introduction to the study and the study's historical background. Section 2 concerns the organizational goals and forms of transition services. It uses…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Cava, Karen – 1977
Objectives of the second-year project described in this report were (1) to conduct a series of one-day workshops on job searching skills for at least 400 high school students and recent graduates; (2) to test interested students and match individual abilities and interests with available employment; (3) to contact at least 600 potential employers;…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Counselors, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Download full textAnderson, Robert – 1978
A study was performed to determine (1) the characteristics of unassigned recipients in the Work Incentive (WIN) program; (2) what services are currently being offered to this group and what services they need to increase their employment potential; (3) the amount of time they spend in this status and the frequency of their movement in and out of…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Jew, Wing; Tong, Robert – 1976
This career planning guide presents a systematic approach to choosing a career designed to help students understand the personal and environmental influences involved in job selection. The first of eight units in the guide encourages students to examine their work interest. Focusing on experiences, unit 2 helps students recognize the value of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning
PRENTICE, GEORGE R. – 1966
THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO INCREASE PARENT PARTICIPATION IN THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, TO DEVELOP METHODS OF MOTIVATING PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT PARTICIPATION AND THE RETARDATE'S VOCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT. DURING THE FIRST YEAR,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Family Influence, Job Placement
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE VOCATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AN EXPERIMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST 21 MONTHS TRAINED 173 YOUTHS IN SEVEN TRADES AND PLACED 150 GRADUATES IN JOBS. DETAILS OF SELECTION, COUNSELING, TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF INMATES THE USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Community Support
White, Ned – 1980
This collection of comments consists of four chapters of informal remarks by trustees, educators, and students from various types and sizes of institutions with innovative mainstreaming programs for handicapped students in postsecondary vocational education programs. Chapter 1 contains comments by nine individuals (students and administrators) on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Disabilities
Murphy, Bruce; Pawasarat, John – 1980
A study identified and analyzed successful national youth projects which have the highest job placement rates, the highest rate of returning youths to school, and the most effective combination of basic skills remediation and job placement. The analysis and identification was based on a summary of literature; discussions with local, state, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
Gilmore, Arthur W. – 1980
Information on the placement status of 1980 engineering and technology graduates is presented. At the doctoral degree level, the percentage without job offers or other firm plans was lower than in 1979. The bachelor's degree level experienced a one percentage point reduction in the number of graduates employed as of graduation compared to 1979,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1975
A wide variety of concerns are discussed in the proceedings of the Council of Graduate Schools annual meeting. Graduate education in the biomedical sciences is discussed by Robert C. Baldridge, Daniel T. Watts, Ralph A. Bradshaw and Herbert V. Pahl. The session on placement of persons with graduate degrees over the next decade is handled by…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Conference Reports, Conferences
Ohio State Legislative Service Commission, Columbus. – 1978
This report, prepared by the Ohio Legislative Commission's staff for the Joint Education Committee on Program Evaluation, focuses on secondary vocational graduate placement and state funding. The content is presented in three parts. First, the Committee's findings and recommendations regarding the following areas are presented: placement results,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys
Clark, Donald M. – 1978
The advisory council is important in developing a career education system in the elementary and secondary schools of our communities. The advisory council as a school community can assist by recruiting the totality of the community's resources. The council offers a mechanism designed to wire an educational system into the work world, linking…
Descriptors: Activities, Advisory Committees, Career Education, Career Exploration
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1978
Proceedings are presented of an Illinois Pre-Employment and Placement Conference which had three goals: to encourage policy-level planning by administration to support programs of placement and pre-employment, to develop staff competencies in the wide range of activities required by staff responsible for placement and pre-employment, and to assure…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Resources
Springfield Goodwill Industries, Inc., MA. – 1967
A multi-phased demonstration and research project was established to assist with rehabilitation problems of severely disabled and handicapped persons. Services made available were: (1) evaluation of the individual's vocational potential, (2) work and personal adjustment programs, (3) training courses not available through traditional sources, (4)…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Counseling
Mezoff, Maurice W. – 1967
In order to assist both volunteers and staff at all levels in planning and operating manpower services in neighborhoods, an attempt has been made to place "neighborhood method" in its proper context as a part of a comprehensive manpower program, and to provide guidelines for integrating manpower activities into a total neighborhood…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Community Programs
