Identification, coordination, and development of community resources for career education projects are discussed in this guidebook. Topics discussed include the following: (1) the role of the community resource coordinator; (2) community resources (available people, materials, and services that are useful and valuable for educational purposes);…

The report describes and evaluates the concept and implementation of an interdisciplinary School of Health Professions (SHP) as well as its key educational features and financial requirements. SHP focuses on primary health care, interprofessional education and care-delivery, and self-paced curricula. Six types of health professions comprise the…

A review of the literature concerning the cooperative education movement brought into focus a number of key issues which helped direct the study effort. Based on that review, the purpose of the annotated bibliography was conceptualized as two-fold: (1) to familiarize the project team with the broad sweep of writings on cooperative education, its…

To examine the feasibility of introducing a program of cooperative education at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), a task force assessed the problems encountered by other institutions which have introduced cooperative education. Attention was given to the support that might be expected for cooperative education among students,…

Based on collaboration efforts in Akron, Ohio, this manual is designed to help interested communities implement or expand collaboration of career education among the formal education system, the home-family structure, business, labor, industry, government, the professions, service organizations, and others. Topics discussed include the following:…

It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…