Examination of nine federally funded projects identified as national models in assisting the career development of college students with learning disabilities resulted in recommendations in key areas: agency collaboration, business/industry outreach, advisory boards, career assessment, career-technical education, internships, cooperative…

California University of Pennsylvania developed Project Technology Education Curriculum Help (TECH) for two school districts in Western Pennsylvania. Six objectives were achieved: (1) organized two pilot school districts to serve as curriculum models in technology education for other schools throughout the commonwealth; (2) established California…

Projects supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) have a very high survival ratio after the grant has ended. The reason for this success seems to lie in the structure and principles of FIPSE. These principles (which can be adopted as guidelines in the creation of other innovation funds) include allowing maximum…

Project WorkAbility is a California program serving special education secondary and postsecondary students. The model design for WorkAbility is based on well-known transition models and contains components common to those models. The design views transition as both a process and a product, supports interagency cooperation and collaboration, and…

The winners of the Department of Education's Awards for Outstanding Vocational Education Programs are profiled. Eligible programs are either secondary or postsecondary, and address the areas of economic development, youth employment, equal access for women and minorities, and energy conservation. (SK)

Distributive education's commitment to motivating students, as evident in American Vocational Association workshops and general sessions at Houston, are reported. Innovative programs described in the workshops are summarized, and policy committee action and other business are reported. (Editor/HD)

The annual directory provides information on schools and classes for the deaf and deaf blind in the United States and Canada, university programs training personnel in deafness and deaf blindness, federal programs, state vocational rehabilitation offices and departments of education and health, independent programs, state associations, national…

Recent studies of innovative supports and services in postsecondary education reveal more effective and cooperative mechanisms with which to provide supports to individuals with disabilities (Stodden, Jones, & Chang, 2003; Whelley, Hart, & Zafft, 2003). Colleges and universities can design supports that permit consumer choice while…

This publication reports a study of business/education partnerships that have evolved in Arizona. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction. Chapter 2 discusses related literature concerning incentives and disincentives for business and educational involvement. Chapter 3 presents descriptions of model partnership projects--nine high school, seven…

Developed as part of a project to encourage state-wide collaborative agreements between education and rehabilitation agencies involved in the transition of blind and visually handicapped students (ages 16-25) from school into the work force, the report describes 18 programs diverse in location, design, funding, philosophy, and administration that…

Introductory material offers observations useful to British readers regarding a Canadian educational program assessment manual, which is the main component of this document. The manual was developed at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and revised based upon the experiences of the biological sciences technology and broadcast technology…

This report describes four projects designed to expand the use of volunteers to improve vocational education in urban areas. Following an introduction, four sections look at the 12-month projects in Albuquerque, Philadelphia, Dade County (Florida), and Chicago that field tested a handbook for the design, implementation, and evaluation of…

A three-phase program evaluation effort employing comparison groups and a pre-post test design indicate formative guidelines for programs revision and summative results indicative of the effectiveness of a demonstration associate degree program for hospitality education. Program effectiveness is defined in terms of the program's enrollment of…

Describes outstanding business education programs in individual schools. (JOW)