District-level pupil transportation manuals that contain clear, concise information about objectives, policies, and regulations are a must. These manuals should also specify procedures concerning evaluation processes, personnel recruitment and selection, and the driver training program. (MLH)

Reviews existing programs for inservice training of professional reference librarians and discusses the changing roles of reference librarians and ways to determine components of a staff training program (e.g., performance functions of reference librarians and use of videotaping to analyze the librarian's ability to communicate effectively). (14…

The Computer Awareness Program at Pennsylvania State University centers around 21 courses that provide the user community with a common understanding of computer technology. (MLF)

The author states that developing successful managers demands a more integrated, individualized process that provides job assignments, role models, and other workplace "events" that develop key management competencies. She lists these competencies as technical or business knowledge, people skills, meeting the demands of assignments, and surviving…

Discusses the advantages and limitations of a one-person training department in a small organization. Suggests that going it alone is seldom easy, but gives some thoughts and ideas on how to match trainer's skills most effectively with the organization's needs. (WL)

The paper provides an overview of Vocational Education and Training in School (VETIS) and its provision across States and Territories. Costs are affected by the nature of the training provided under VETIS, the quality of the teaching and the workplace learning accompanying it. A major question is whether this can be accommodated within existing…

Noting that the reporting-to-writing route is sometimes circuitous and rough, although reliable, this essay collection considers the road from writing journalism to writing other literary genres such as fiction and poetry. The collection points out that newspapers have provided a proving ground for many aspiring authors, from Walt Whitman and Mark…

Why the dropout rate in apprenticeship programs is high, and ways to lower the rate and improve the programs. (MF)

Universalization of Education'' permits Cuban students to work 20 hours each week in a field related to their course of study. (Author/PG)

A program of training for understanding other professionals, cooperating with them, and actual experience in shared effort, concern, and application is described. (Editor)

Fourth-year medical students spend one year with practicing physicians in rural areas. (Author)

In a situation where some participants in an organization are there to learn often the educational goals come last. In the meat cutting trade the apprentice learns slowly and with little system of instruction, with variables such as location and size of market determining the effectiveness of instruction. (JB)

Students in a beauty school learn customer relations along with skills, the technical training is of high quality and discipline is accepted. (JB)

Contemporary mass-producers possess a job-related sense of individuality, developed by learning to do it their way'' after watching other do the same task. (JB)