The "Statutory Data Report" is prepared pursuant to T.C.A. (Tennessee Code Annotated) Section 49-7-210. As specified, this report provides information as required for public four-year institutions, public two-year institutions and public technology centers. (Contains 18 tables.) [For the 2008 report, see ED512313.]

This project studied four career college and school campuses in Texas that had higher than average graduation rates and lower than average student loan default rates to determine what they did to achieve these positive outcomes. The visits to the campuses found that a conscious, concerted effort to integrate students into the academic and social…

This annual review of the research and practice literature related to career counseling and development during 2007 is presented in 9 areas: professional issues, career assessment, career development, career theory and concepts, career interventions, advances in technology, personnel selection and job placement, international perspectives, and…

Salary data and job placement by level of degree received from 32 institutions. (STS)

Questions the teaching methods implemented in competency-based vocational education open entry/open exit programs. One of the problems is that the skills taught have little to do with keeping a job. (JOW)

Emphasizes services tailored to individual needs. (BH)

Studies have found that comprehensive high schools are cheaper costwise and more effective in providing job placement opportunities than area secondary vocational schools. (AN)

The objectives of a mental health program in Illinois are: (1) to have the patient wish to choose a field of work, and (2) to get him to obtain a job in his chosen field. (CK)

This article reports the results of a study of Black coaches at major colleges regarding how they chose their jobs. Almost half had been graduate assistants on major college staffs before accepting a major college position. (JMF)

The working model for Florida's correctional industries program includes orientation, certificated on-the-job training, prerelease training, and postrelease job placement. It is based on the value of the work ethic, employability skills, relevant training, and postrelease services. (SK)

Describes the design and implementation of Career Centers, Inc., a community-based career center in Omaha, Nebraska, which was developed to offer career planning assistance, occupational information, employer literature, job-search skills training, workshops and seminars, a job opportunity bulletin, and a computerized resume listing and selection…