This document contains a proposal developed by a task force of counseling and guidance leaders to provide a common base from which to affect a reform in counseling and guidance in California. The proposal emphasizes the importance of comprehensive counseling and guidance planning. Sections on introduction, history, statement of purpose, and…

To promote and accelerate the creation of remedial training programs in technical institutes and community colleges, 46 participants from a wide geographic representation and from varied positions were selected to attend a 5-day training institute. Presentations by consultants and group discussions were utilized to meet the objects of developing a…

Discussions with council members, a review of relevant documents, contacts with legislative personnel, and interviews with vocational personnel in the California State Department of Education were the sources of information used to determine the feasibility of a "career ladder" curriculum. It was concluded that the career preparation of all people…

This document describes the developing Junior University College system in Ceylon. Six institutions, resembling American community or junior colleges, were established in 1969 to fill Ceylon's manpower needs not met by her universities, technical colleges, and teachers' colleges. The Junior University College's three-fold aim includes imparting…

Resulting in part from a project designed to identify and describe comprehensive programs of excellence in career education, this manual is the first of a series describing current, successful career education practices. Among the considerations discussed in this handbook are: (1) administrative practices, including the role of the superintendent…

A selection of 26 operational linkage programs are described in the supplemental document, providing career education practitioners with examples of program development and operation in the area of school-work relationships. The programs are grouped under four categories and in terms of their relationship between education and work: (1)…

Intended for school districts and/or other agencies and groups in New York State (but having applicability to other states) which plan to begin career education programs or desire to improve or modify a program already in existence, this catalog summarizes the ideas contained in the more than 250 products reviewed. The catalog does this in two…

Following a narrative introduction and list of project titles, the abstracts are arranged alphabetically by state within each of the following four sections that represent parts of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 under which funding was obtained: Part C, research (97 projects); Part D, demonstration (66 projects); Part I, curriculum…

The collected papers deal with issues, trends and concepts in vocational and technical education. Contributors are Charles H. Buzzell, Sophie S. Hollander, Angelo C. Gillie, Sr., Ruth Midjaas, Edwin L. Kurth, Jimmie C. Styles, Patrick A. O'Reilly, Thomas C. Cooke, Charles O. Whitehead, John W. Glenn, Jr., Michael N. Sugarman, C. Thomas Dean,…

A 3-year developmental program in career education for grades kindergarten through 14 (K-14) conducted by the South Portland, Maine schools is described in this report which also contains curriculum materials produced by the project. Goals are outlined for career awareness (K-6), career orientation and exploration (7-9), career preparation…

A project was conducted to develop, test, and implement a comprehensive program for Georgia school systems, grades K-14. The target population included regular students, students with special needs, out-of-school youth, and adults experiencing career problems. Project objectives were to develop a K-14 guidance model, develop a state/local…