This document reports the amount and availability of student financial aid resources for Kentucky undergraduate students planning to attend an institution of postsecondary education in the Commonwealth. Institutions providing education beyond the high school surveyed for student financial aid resources were public and nonpublic four-year colleges…

Interviews were conducted with 456 Northeastern University liberal arts undergraduate students to ascertain their perceptions of personal change due to college experiences, career attitudes and expectations, social and humanistic attitudes, and student voluntary activities. Two-hundred and ninety-three of the students had either participated or…

The publication contains reports of six career education programs for handicapped adolescents and young adults. Described is the Career Development Center, an alternative high school program in Syosset, New York, which offers academic and vocational learning opportunities to students (15 to 21 year old) who have difficulty adjusting to public…

This document is an attempt to communicate information on the innovative programs in which black colleges and universities are involved. Part 1, the introduction, covers historical perspective on curriculum development in black colleges, rationales for the study of curricular innovations in historically black colleges and curricular innovations.…

Compiled are materials related to work study programs for the educable mentally handicapped adolescent. Items listed include professional books, textbooks, resource aids, journals and articles, curriculum guides, instructional materials, and audiovisual aids. The materials are grouped according to academic areas (mathematics, science, social…

The material used in preparation of this booklet was obtained through a series of interviews with labor superintendents and labor supervisors at Berea College. It concerns the selection of work-study students for various university departments. The physical plant director discusses the process of selecting and training physical plant student…

To arrange a program that would enable nurse's aides to undertake licensed practical nurse (LPN) training without financial sacrifice, a 3-year experimental and demonstration project, funded by the Manpower Administration, was conducted in New York City between October 1967 and September 1969. Through a work-study arrangement, 422 nurse's aides in…

After noting the deficiencies of the predominant system of traditional higher education and the growing need for professionals in the human services fields, the author proposes the Human Service Institute as an alternative model for professional higher education. The model is based upon the College for Human Services in New York City. The…

This paper proposes a new kind of educational institution, the Human Services Institute (HSI), which would offer an action oriented work-study program of flexible duration to prepare young people for professions in the human services such as health, education, welfare, law, guidance, social work, therapy, urban planning, and public service. Such…

La Guardia College (New York) is the only community college in the United States requiring its entire student body to participate in a work-experience program regardless of curriculum choice. This study, conducted by a team of selected consultants, is an assessment of the program based on onsite visits, interviews, and an array of reports and…

An examination of special education practices relative to secondary work study programs for the educable mentally retarded reveals sex biases in favor of the male enrollees. (Author/SB)

The author discusses secondary vocational education programs and work study programs for adults in Sweden. (Author/RM)

Results of a statewide survey of institutional policies and procedures for paying student employees are reported, with emphasis on the issue of federal minimum wage provisions as applied to institutions of higher education. Differences among public, private, technical, and proprietary schools are discussed. (LBH)

Examines the role of production brigades in agricultural education of Soviet pupils. Identifies brigades' successes (integrated approach to education, nature conservation, interaction of labor and school, and agricultural experimentation), and identifies some unresolved problems (limited amount of modern agricultural machinery, small land area,…

Cooperative work-study programs are being used increasingly in technology education. In some foreign colleges, co-op programs are requisite. The author advocates an international co-op program utilizing the best of many countries in developing competent technical manpower. He cites advantages to the United States in sponsoring these programs. (MA)