Studies and identifies characteristics and attitudes most desired by employers. Provides a rationale for educators to take an aggressive role in adding employability skills instruction to their school's curriculum. Includes four brief sample employability skills activities. (HB)

Data comparing employment patterns among high-school-age youth show that student employment is highly seasonal and concentrated in just a few industries and occupations, whereas dropouts tend to work year round and in a more diverse set of jobs. (Author)

The tendency for university students to work full time is generally regarded as a problem. A method can be developed to implement the necessary requirements of a degree program in a way that makes it possible for students to put their jobs on hold while working toward a degree. (JOW)

Surveys university students about their involvement in college and their employment experiences. Results indicate that students who worked 30 or more hours per week were less involved with campus activities than students who were not employed or were employed less than 30 hours. Students with larger work schedules also stated that they believed…

Interviews with 139 secondary teachers, 60 students, and 32 employers showed that employers provided work experience for public relations and recruitment purposes. Teachers felt students developed skills and experience of the world of work. Students gained skills and information and were able to sample jobs. Distinctions between structural and…

Analysis of 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data for school-to-work participation found that it does not appear to influence behavior associated with college attendance. It does appear to increase subjective probabilities of obtaining a high school diploma and perceived likelihood of future labor market activity. (Contains 15…

In this paper, I use a nationally representative sample of American high school seniors in 1992 to examine change and stability in the employment patterns of youth as they make the transition from high school to college. Students with weak attachments to the labor force in high school tend to remain unemployed during the first year of college.…

This report provides an update on the Illinois public high school class of 2002 and its progress through the higher education system. Three years after graduation, who has persisted, who has stopped out, who has transferred, and who has completed a two-year program? (Contains 16 tables and 5 footnotes.) [This publication was produced by the…

Today's college students are less prepared for college-level work than their predecessors. Once they get to college, they tend to spend fewer hours studying while spending more hours working, some even full time (D. T. Smart, C. A. Kelley, & J. S. Conant, 1999). In this study, the authors examined the effect of both time spent studying and time…

The film service program described in this handbook defines selection procedures that facilitate ordering and scheduling of instructional films. The internal structure of the program (i.e., the group leader concept) provides for student involvement at varying levels of responsibility. Once in operation, the program should relieve the professional…

Looks at the factors complicating the management of student worker budgets in libraries (e.g., the number of separate but interrelated budgets involved). Proposes a budgetary system incorporating double-entry bookkeeping, continuous proving, and combination receipts and disbursements. Considers the advantages of the system and details procedures.…

Surveyed 168 college students to examine how work and participation in student organizations contribute to student's personal development. Results showed students who participated in organizations were more developed in terms of educational, career, and lifestyle plans than other students. (BH)

Anecdotal reports of students working more in paid employment and studying less have been coming from academics in Australia in recent years. Researchers there are seeing patterns of student disengagement and new forms of engagement to which institutions have not adapted. This paper explores the nature of the shift in forms of student engagement…

Special Labor Force Report on the employment of school age youth in October 1972 shows little change in the number of students holding jobs, but a large increase among young people out of school. (Editor)

A brief description of a part-time job placement service organized in one school system for students is given in this article. (JC)