A vocational training center for the disabled modified its service delivery to better monitor mentally disabled clients' progress, formulate individualized vocational programs, incorporate community-based training, and institute specific skill training programs. Changes resulted in a larger number of competitive employment placements. (CL)

Ties to community help offenders find jobs, regain place in society. (Editor)

A Denver job clinic which brought together employers and 4,000 veterans is described. (BH)

Projects with Industry is a national network of more than 5,000 private corporations, trade associations, labor unions, rehabilitation facilities, and small businesses that are bringing to the field of rehabilitation a whole new set of operating rules based on business technology and marketing techniques. (Available from W. C. Publications Inc.,…

As hypothesized, placement of mentally retarded adult workers into competitive employment was predicted by participant's work behavior and job skills, ability to meet job requirements, and the presence of reinforcements within the employment setting. (CL)

Examines the job market for journalism graduates, concluding that jobs are available if graduates will settle for starting at a smaller paper for scaled-down salaries. (HTH)

Describes successful career guidance and job placement model employed by a Utah Job Training Partnership Act program that is distinguished by the unusually synergistic nature of its organizational system. Explains how the program functions smoothly, in part, because of adherence to various principles of the general systems theory model of…

Some of the questions most frequently asked of the North Dakota University System relate to the status of graduates and program completers of state educational institutions. Follow-up Information on North Dakota Education and Training (FINDET) is a consortium of several state agencies formed to provide answers to those questions. This report,…

As many, perhaps most, high-school students engage in paid part-time employment, there is available in any Australian senior school classroom a range of work experiences that can be used to assist students to consider and reflect on working life and post-school pathways. Furthermore, these experiences are more readily available and authentic than…

One of the aims of Educational Guidance is social development and learning in Secondary Education students who are in multicultural contexts. An increase in socio-emotional competencies is promoted through Guidance program interventions. The "Guidance Program for Socio-emotional Competencies" (in Spanish, "POCOSE") not only improves students'…

It was a banner year for women in 2006. Their average annual starting salary finally cracked through the $40,000 glass barrier, increasing to $40,566 for all women and with a substantial gain of 11.3% for women in the Southwest. There was small, but solid, growth in salaries overall. Another surprise was the substantial leap in graduates reporting…

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.]

Several questions were investigated regarding the placement rates of counseled and uncounseled employment security applicants. In general, as the number of counseling interviews increased there was a corresponding increase in the placement rate. (Author)

Employment and salary statistics are tabulated for 1973 graduates of library schools accredited by the American Library Association. (LS)