This article describes how a small private business school, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, reengineered its career services programme to become a premier programme in the United States. Drawing on theory of involvement, the research gives business schools a strategy to improve business career placement…

Administrators, teachers and counselors cooperate to develop state guide for turning classrooms into career development laboratories. (Editor)

Discusses seven components that comprise a comprehensive vocational education program, and describes Wisconsin's capstone course concept for high school seniors, which provides job training in a vocational area that the student has previously explored as part of the comprehensive vocational program involving career development, exploration, and…

Based on stated 3-year (1973-1976) project goals, career education activities were provided to the identified adult population (unemployed, underemployed, mid-career, high school dropouts, parents, and women) in rural areas of the North Central Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District of Wisconsin. Project activities included classes,…

This study assesses the programs and services offered to persons with special needs in Wisconsin, focusing on their appropriateness and availability. Its overall purposes are: (1) to provide an overview of Wisconsin's Vocational and Technical Education programs in this area, including an evaluation of possible strengths and weaknesses, (2) to…

The report is based on the results of a mail questionnaire sent to a sample of the total population of persons involved in the registered apprenticeship program in Wisconsin during the years 1965-1970. The returned questionnaires consisted of approximately the same number of dropouts and completers; these two groups were compared throughout the…

This study, conducted in response to the requirements of Wisconsin's State Advisory Council for Vocational Education as delineated in the Vocational Amendments of 1968, focuses specifically on the impact of Federal vocational education funds on State health occupations education programs. The six chapters deal respectively with: (1) the…

The final report of the Wisconsin project, which developed a coordinated and comprehensive placement system for secondary/postsecondary schools, includes a project summary and evaluation. Both providers and receivers of placement services in Grant, Winneabago, and Racine Counties were surveyed regarding barriers and facilitations in securing…

To demonstrate career education methods and procedures, seven Wisconsin school districts were chosen to participate in an incremental improvement project. Project activities were conducted district-wide and by individual districts. District-wide dissemination activities involved promoting demonstration packets and assessment/evaluation (AE)…

This report contains accounts from seven Wisconsin school districts which participated in an incremental improvement project to demonstrate career education methods and procedures. The consortium district reports are from Eau Claire, Kimberly, Madison, Oregon, Shawano, Sheboygan, and Watertown. All presentations follow the same format: (1) major…